Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. The word 'Hanukkah' means 'Dedication' in Hebrew. It celebrates a miracle that happened in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. Hanukkah (or Chanukah in ...

As the Jewish calendar is lunar, Hanukkah falls on different days from year to year in the western calendar. In Hebrew, the word “Hanukkah” means “dedication”. The festival celebrates the ...

The holiday season is upon us and that includes the eight-day Jewish holiday Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights. The word "Hanukkah" means "dedication" in Hebrew, and the holiday ...

Really want to nerd out on linguistics? In Hebrew, the word "Hanukkah" begins with the Hebrew letter Chet. Krisnsky prefers writing Hanukkah with an H instead of a C-H, because the latter is a ...

This year it will begin the evening of Dec. 25, and end the evening of Jan. 2. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the ...