The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in ...

Nearly 100 people braved a cold, foggy Tehachapi night Monday for a public menorah lighting celebrating the sixth night of ...

The eight-night feast of Hanukkah started on Christmas day—a special occurrence last witnessed in 2005. Jews across town ...

The Talmud teaches us the lights of Hanukkah should burn till there are no pedestrians who are going to the market. It’s not ...

Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or the “Festival of Lights,” will be celebrated this year from the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 25, through Thursday, Jan. 2.

In the Chanukah story, our people remained inspired and on a spiritual high all that year. The light of the menorah never dimmed, and their enthusiasm never waned. When the sages saw this, they ruled ...

Many of us grew up with a straightforward Hanukkah story. It is a parable of resilience, told and retold throughout the ages, ...

The Talmud says that on Hanukkah, we celebrate the miracle of the oil. Secularists claim the essence of Hanukkah is to ...

Jews began their eight-day-long festival of lights, called Hanukkah or Chanukah, on the evening of December 25, with prayers ...

A symbol of sustenance, a sign of the covenant, and metaphor for the sources of our sustaining existence — God and our ...

A rabbi who works on interfaith dialogue on why blending traditions may be well-meaning but only dilutes both holidays.