(AP) — 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 an eight-day Jewish festival of lights that marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. It's celebrated with candle lighting, special prayers and fried food. Here's what to know ...
Known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the rise of the Jewish people against Greek-Syrian oppressors more than 2,000 years ago. As the island's Jewish ...
TAMPA, Fla. — The holiday season is upon us and that includes the eight-day Jewish holiday Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights. This holiday commemorates the rededication during the second ...
The Sages taught: On the twenty-fifth of Kislev, the days of Hanukkah are eight. One may not eulogize on them and one may not fast on them. The Gemara explains the reason for this: When the Greeks ...
Guess what? For the first time in nearly 20 years, Christmas and Hanukkah align with Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights starting at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25. Hanukkah ends Thursday ...
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 ...
Another difference is that on the Jewish calendar, holidays begin at sundown and continue through the next day, so Hanukkah, which lasts eight days, will get its start this year hours after the start ...