Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival of ... One candle is lit each night. The menorah holds nine candles, one of which is the shamash, meaning attendant, which is used to light the other ...

Christmas and Hanukkah are holidays with their own meanings and traditions. This year, the two are linked in a special way, because the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day. That’s ...

Chabad Palo Alto, a Jewish outreach organization, is continuing its 40-year tradition of celebrating the first night of Hanukkah with a public menorah lighting in front of Palo Alto City Hall on ...

The candles are lit in a particular order: on the first night of Hanukkah, the candle furthest to the right is the only one lit. The following night, the second furthest candle to the right is lit ...

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 ...