If you’re in a household that celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah ... on each of the eight days of Hanukkah (also known as The Festival of Lights), we light candles on a menorah.

From this one candle, each person in the room lights ... or decreasing the light in this world. As we celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas, and prepare for a new year, what if we begin each day ...

This Christmas, as presents are being put away and holiday dinners wind down, Jewish families will light their first Hanukkah candle — marking only the fifth time since 1900 that these ...

The next Hanukkah and Christmas overlap will happen in 2035 ... During the rededication, Maccabee and the Jews lit a single candle with enough untainted olive oil to last one day, but the candle ...

The ritual of lighting a nightly candle, as well as the emphasis ... It's only the fifth time since 1900 that Hanukkah has fallen on Christmas Day. Why is Hanukkah so late this year?

“It is unusual that it actually is starting on Christmas.” Because the holiday centers around oil candles, food made with oil is supposed to be eaten during Hanukkah. Latkes, a potato ...

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...