Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival of lights that marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. It's celebrated with candle lighting, special prayers and fried food. Here's what to know ...

ST. LOUIS – Wednesday marks the first time the start of Hanukkah and Christmas have fallen on the same day since 2005 and only the fifth time since 1900. Hanukkah, also called the Festival of ...

Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev ... The shamash, or "attendant" candle, is lit first and used to light one other candle on the first night of Hanukkah, with one ...

In December 1979, Jimmy Carter made history as the first president to mark Hanukkah at the White House, lighting both the (electric) National Menorah in Lafayette Park and a smaller menorah in an ...

It was 2016, and the first night of Hanukkah fell on Christmas Eve. Levitin, who grew up attending Jewish day school and traveled to Israel on a Birthright trip, had not planned to light Hanukkah ...

He likened the moment to the first Hanukkah he and Harris celebrated as ... who met with Biden on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January; Michèle Taylor, the ambassador to the U.N ...

It took three attempts — with the crowd’s encouraging laughter — but Monday night marked the first time a Lehigh University president helped light a menorah to mark Hanukkah. About 100 ...

Today, Sophia will do something new for the first time ... which only had enough oil to burn for one day, lasted for eight full days. This is why on Hanukkah, Jewish people burn a special candle ...

In 2024 Hanukkah begins on the evening of Wednesday 25 December. However, miraculously the lamp stayed alight for eight days! That is why Jews light a candle every day of Hanukkah. Have a look at ...