The famous dispute between the Sages is another instance where Hillel's school of thought sees the world as it is, Shammai's sees the world as it should ideally be. In today’s imperfect world ...

CBS News' Miami's Trish Christakis is in South Beach where a 9-foot menorah will be lit on the first night of Hanukkah, which coincides this year with Christmas. Holiday food treats include jelly ...

During each night of Hanukkah, you light one candle for each night plus an additional one called the shamash, the "helper" candle, which is lit first each night and used to light all the others.

Yes, the first day of Hanukkah is on Christmas ... there are 24 spellings for Hanukkah, during which Jews light candles on a menorah to celebrate the miracle of a one-day oil supply lasting ...

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 ...

This Christmas, as presents are being put away and holiday dinners wind down, Jewish families will light their first Hanukkah candle — marking only the fifth time since 1900 that these ...

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog lit the eighth Hanukkah candle on Wednesday, together with residents of Kibbutz Be’eri, who have been displaced and hosted over the past year ...

For 11-year old Beti, from Cardiff, this is the first time she will celebrate ... which is why Jews light a candle every day of Hanukkah The Hanukiah symbolises how God looked after the Jewish ...

This year, Christmas Day and the first day of Hanukkah coincide ... and it is joyfully celebrated with candle lighting and songs. The festival is a call for Jews to rededicate their lives to ...

That’s Hanukkah’s true message, to add more goodness and kindness in the world with each lit candle ... for Lehigh Valley to get some snow from first of 2 winter storms.