The Maccabees then reclaimed the temple. "Hanukkah is a Jewish festival of lighting lights during the darkest time of the year. Just as on Christmas, we talk about the star of Bethlehem and about ...

Brooklynites will head to Grand Army Plaza to light the 32-foot-tall menorah every night of Hanukkah, as has been tradition for almost 40 years. The celebration is meant to “publicize the ...

The Huge Menorah, also called a hanukkiah, is a key symbol during Hanukkah. It’s celebrated as the Festival of Lights. This festival remembers the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after a ...

One candle is used for each of the eight days of Hanukkah and the center candle is used to light the others. "The Hanukkah lamp is an eight-branched imitation of the original Tabernacle menorah ...

Nevertheless, the Maccabees succeeded in rededicating the Second Temple, and on Hanukkah we light candles to remember both the military victory and the miracle of a single day’s supply of oil ...

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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 ...

"Hanukkah represents the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, and spirituality over materialism," Palm Beach Synagogue Rabbi Moshe Scheiner told the Daily News. "The lighting of the ...