[00:20.80]A menorah is a lamp or candle holder [00:24.68]used in Jewish religious ceremonies. [00:28.68]It usually has eight branches, [00:32.16]with a ninth place for the candle called shamash [00:36.60]from which all t...
Prayers accompany each night’s candle lighting. Once the menorah is lit, it is often placed in a door or window that faces the street to share the light with neighbors. Traditional songs follow throughout the evening. Food plays an important part in Hanukkah, which includes those fried in ...
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In 2025, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2024 and lasts until sundown on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Hanukkah Hanukkah 101 From candle-lighting to Maccabees and latkes to dreidels. Hanukkah How to Light the Hanukkah Menorah ...
(usually in December, according to theGregorian calendar) and is celebrated for eight days. Hanukkah reaffirms the ideals ofJudaismandcommemoratesin particular the rededication of theSecond Temple of Jerusalemby the lighting ofcandleson each day of the festival. Although not mentioned in theHebrew ...
The Hanukkah celebration revolves around the kindling of a nine-branched menorah, known in Hebrew as the hanukiah. On each of the holiday’s eight nights, another candle is added to the menorah after sundown; the ninth candle, called the shamash (“helper”), is used to light the others....
On the second night of Hanukkah, Israeli actress and activist Noa Tishby is joined by Jewish actress Mila Kunis for the candle lighting. Kunis, who was born in Ukraine, reveals that it was not until she moved to the US and started a family that she began to reconnect with Judaism.Israel...
On the first day of Hanukkah, only the shammash and the first candle are lit. ©iStockphoto.com/Fevziie Ryman What Do People Do? Jewish communities worldwide celebrate Hanukkah between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of the month of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar...
Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, and the holiday is celebrated for eight days. Since in Jewish tradition the Hebrew calendar date starts at sunset, the first evening of Hanukkah. starts after the sunset of the 24th of Kislev. This is usually the evening before...
each night. However, this holiday is also associated with the idea of going above and beyond. Typically, every member of a household would light candles on ahanukkiah, starting with one candle and adding another each night. The term menorah is actually just the Hebrew word for lamp in ...