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 ...

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.

In modern times, we light one menorah candle on the first night of Hanukkah, plus a “helper” candle, called the shammash. Using the shammash, we light two on the second night, three on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — About 100 women gathered at the Western Wall to light Hanukkah candles ... section of the Western Wall plaza, where the first candle was lit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The movement’s rabbis organized what it said were more than 15,000 public menorah lightings last year, including what its teen network said was the first-ever Hanukkah candle lighting at an NFL ...

Today, Sophia will do something new for the first time, but what will it be? Sophia’s Mum: Sophia, do you know why we’re making candles? Sophia: Yes. Because… because it is Hanukkah.

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 ...