It’s a busy holiday season this week, with Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa all taking place within days of each other. Hanukkah began on Wednesday and will end the day after New Year's Day.

Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious ...

Hanukkah is a time for the Jewish community to celebrate their heritage. And Wednesday, Jewish families celebrated the final night of the 8-day holiday. “The significance of the last day of ...

Menorah in the window on the eighth night (credit: AMANDA FIELD) Like the Hanukkah lights ... not sufficient for more than one day, was able to remain lit for eight days. Because this is the ...

Sunday marked the fifth night of the festival, which lasts eight days and nights ... this year we are doing more to celebrate Hanukkah with joy and Jewish pride,” Rabbi Shneur Cadaner said.

“Last year, we pulled the event together in eight days, and we kind of joked it being the miracle of Hanukkah.” The miracle continues this year with an even larger star-studded event. More ...

The public event, part of the largest celebration of the eight-day Hanukkah festival, will end at the Chabad Viera on Lake Andrew Drive, with The Snow Festival, food, acrobats, and the lighting of ...

“Hanukkah is great because it’s a time when ... with only enough oil to light the menorah for one day. Yet it lasted for eight days. “It was decided that this oil lasted eight days; it ...

But, by a miracle, the tiny amount of oil lasts for eight days. The festival of Hanukkah - and the customs associated with it - is based on this story. 1. Entry music Traditional Jewish music ...

However, the oil burned for eight days in what was considered a miracle. Thus, the typical Hanukkah menorah has eight branches, with an additional branch used to light the others. ♦ Fire chars ...

Hanukkah commemorates a miracle in the 2nd century BC when a lamp burned for eight days on a small supply of oil. This moment of unity and spirituality is celebrated with the gradual lighting of ...