There is one candle for each night of Hanukkah, and the ninth candle, which sits in the middle, is known as the shamash, which translates to attendant or servant candle. This candle is lit first and ...

In December, should we light the chanukiyah where others can’t see? Should we start hiding who we are? Of course, these aren’t new questions for Jewish communities, even for those who live in small, ...

Placing the Chanukiyah in a Window "It is considered laudable to place one's chanukiyah in front of a window, so passersby can see it and enjoy the dancing flames," Rabbi Bohm says.

As I stood checking the set up for our Chanukiyah at Waddesdon Manor, the full impact of what we were doing as SBJC (the Jewish community in Buckinghamshire and Herts) became clear. The 2021 ...

Chanukah teaches us that, just as we increase the brightness of the lights on the chanukiyah each night, so it is our mission to increase the light of truth, of knowledge, and of faith in our world.

We commemorate their success by lighting a Chanukiyah, a unique candelabra. The candles we light each night symbolize the miracle the Maccabees experienced during their struggle. When we light these ...

The lighting of the large Chanukiyah, Chanukah menorah, is organized by Jewish Federation and the ceremony will include music, dancing, holiday refreshments and fellowship.

SO OUR MENORAH, our Chanukiyah, is not a m’durah, not an attempt to overcome the dark with a blazing fire (not like the song Banu Choshekh — see Part 1), but a bridge of light composed of ...

Every night we add an extra candle so by the last night, the special nine-branched Chanukah menorah we use — which we call a chanukiyah — is completely full; a beacon of light and warmth that ...

MANAUS, Brazil — A large menorah at a McDonald’s branch has become the only Hanukkah symbol in the streets of Brazil’s largest city in the Amazon region. In a first, the 7-foot-tall, nine ...

The evangelical community looks to the chanukiyah as a symbol of theirs, too,” said Band, who also is an organizer of the mall menorah. Manaus is Brazil’s seventh-largest city with some 2.2 ...