To get ready for the celebration, here's a primer on Hanukkah's traditional prayers and blessings. Candles are added to the menorah from right to left (the way Hebrew is read), but kindled from ...

An initiative is seeking to invite Jews worldwide to recite a newly drafted Hanukkah prayer for hostages, October 7 victims, and IDF soldiers, Tzohar Rabbinical Organization chairman and founder ...

Holidays ran into each other for our multi-faith family this week. The first night of Hanukkah fell on Wednesday — Christmas Day. Our Hanukkah candles shimmer in the light of our Christmas tree.

They have visited the synagogue for Shabbat prayers and ask the Rabbi about the festival of Hanukkah. Rabbi Sydney tells them the story of Judah Maccabee, who was victorious against the invading ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other ... by one more candle each night while reciting or chanting special blessings. The candles are added from right to left, but lit from left to right ...

Hanukkah (or Chanukah ... Before the candles are lit, several blessings are recited in Hebrew. A dreidel or sevivon is a type of spinning top which has Hebrew letters inscribed on each of 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 ...