The Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah ... with the lamp becoming formalized in metal or clay in the Middle Ages. The hanukkiah, the nine-branched candelabrum, likely got its start among German ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The second night of Hanukkah was celebrated Thursday and various Menorah lightings took place across the region. News 8 stopped by a lighting ceremony in Henrietta at ...

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) – The first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is underway. On the first night of Hanukkah, one candle is lit from the eight candle menorah and there is a story behind ...

“I’m sure that as you say and as Hanukkah says, the light will definitely ... Afterwards, a rabbi presented Zelensky with a large menorah emblazoned with an image of the ancient Temple in ...

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 ...

An attack on a Hanukkah menorah that had paint thrown over it and some of its branches ripped down is being treated as a hate crime. The menorah in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, was vandalised on ...

This is Judith, the OG Jewish badass lady who was once commonly celebrated at Hanukkah time alongside the Maccabees. Her spear once shone in the candlelight, reflecting these menorahs’ intricate ...

One candle is lit each day of Hanukkah. The menorah is usually placed in a window or a doorway. The holiday celebrates the triumph of a Maccabees in reclaiming their temple after it was desecrated ...

Dozens of greater Oneonta residents gathered for a community menorah lighting in Muller Plaza on Tuesday, Dec. 31, celebrating the seventh night of Hanukkah. According to Jewish tradition ...

As it has for the past several years, the Williamsburg community joined in with that tradition on Sunday, holding one of about 15,000 public menorah lightings that are now held during Hanukkah ...

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 the ...