Lighting the menorah candles is one of the most common Hanukkah traditions. Even if you don’t know much about the Jewish religion, you probably recognize the candelabras that appear in windows ...

With the tiny supply of ritually pure oil that they found in the temple, they lit the menorah, and it stayed lit for eight days. Central to the annual festival is the nightly menorah lighting.

The first light on a 13-foot tall menorah was lit using a hydraulic lift outside the State House in Concord on Wednesday to mark the first night of Hanukkah. Chabad Lubavitch organized the display ...

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 ...

According to Chabad.org, it is an eight-day Jewish “festival of lights” celebrated with a menorah lighting, special prayers and fried food. “Hanukkah” in Hebrew means “dedication” and ...

Cheers echoed through Fashion Island’s Atrium Court on Tuesday evening as eight-time Olympic medal winner Jason Lezak lit a single branch of the menorah. More than 150 people attended the ...

To celebrate their victory, the Jewish people attempted to carry out a ritual lighting of the seven-pronged menorah, a candelabra, in the temple. However, they only managed to find enough oil to ...

And yet You tell us to light a lamp? What does lighting the Menorah in the Mishkan accomplish? For many women, lighting Shabbat candles brings a sense of serenity and spirituality into their home.

A rabbi’s proposal to hold a menorah lighting at an upcoming Virginia art and music festival — and its subsequent rejection — has led to accusations of bigotry, alleged threats against the ...

BOSTON (AP) - An 18-foot menorah has been lit at the Massachusetts Statehouse to mark the beginning of the eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah. A large crowd watched Tuesday as Gov. Deval ...