On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multi-branched candelabra. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and ...

A person dressed as a dreidel performs during the National Menorah Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse south of the White House on Dec. 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A ...

Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. Watch the lighting ceremony at 4 p.m. EST in our player above. In Hebrew ...

Candles are added to the menorah from right to left (the way Hebrew is read), but kindled from left to right, with the newest candle lit first (after the shamash). Recite or sing these prayers as ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A couple hundred people attended the lighting of the second menorah on Thursday night at Public Square in downtown Cleveland. Rabbi Yossi Freedman of the Downtown Chabad of ...

The Jewish community center will host the lighting of a large menorah on the evening of Dec ... The reason for these different dates is that the Hebrew calendar and all Jewish holidays are ...

On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and ...