The Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, is one of the religious objects most commonly found in the Jewish home. The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor ...

Community menorah lighting ceremonies will be held throughout South Florida. Miami Herald File 5. Why does Hanukkah fall on a different day each year? Like all other Jewish holidays, Hanukkah ...

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 ...

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 ...

A public Hanukkah menorah lighting event will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29 at the Midland Mall near the food court. According to Rabbi Matti Weingarten from Chabad of Eastern Michigan ...

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 ...