Using the shammash, we light two on the second night, three on the third night and so on, until all nine candles are aglow on the eighth and final night. This is why Hanukkah is often called the ...

The first is a blessing of the candles. The second expresses thanksgiving for the miracle of deliverance that Hanukkah remembers. The third, said only on the first night of Hanukkah, is a prayer ...

Ideally, the candles should stay burning for at ... three most important holidays" compared to roughly a third of Israeli Jews (38%). Hanukkah, unlike most other Jewish holidays, is not biblical ...

Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights, usually in November or December. This year, it begins at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25, and ends with nightfall on ...

During each night of Hanukkah, you light one candle for each night plus an additional one called the shamash, the "helper" candle, which is lit first each night and used to light all the others. So, ...

Christmas lights descend from the candles once ... it’s about marking Hanukkah in a shared language of light. Jewish tradition is already replete with light. The third verse of the Torah says ...

games and more in the spirit of Hanukkah. Israeli-owned restaurant The Third Space on the Atlanta Beltline will hold a candlelight vigil on Christmas Day at 5:30 p.m. The owner said the candle ...