Chanukah is definitely not the “Jewish Christmas,” but the first of our eight nights does happen to coincide with Christmas ...

The Chanukah events at Judaism's second-holiest site will be held under the slogan, "For the miracles, the mighty deeds and the wars." ...

Answer: I wear it under my shirt. -Do I place my chanukiyah on the window pane or on a table? Answer: My chanukiyah is placed on my table. -Do I trust that there will be sufficient security ...

While a candlestick holds one candle, a candelabra holds many. “Technically a ‘menorah’ has seven branches while a chanukah menorah, or chanukiyah, has nine branches, for eight candles and one shamash ...

That’s why all diets are officially suspended until the last candle sputters out in the chanukiyah (“menorah”) on Jan. 1, the first candle having been kindled after sundown on the previous Wednesday, ...

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