The family of Holon’s Chief Rabbi Yochanan Gurary, one of the Rebbe’s Shluchim to Israel who is gravely ill, asked that women ...

Then Deitsch lit the menorah’s center candle, the shamash, before leading the crowd in saying blessings in Hebrew and in singing Chanukah songs such as, “Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel.” ...

The central Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony occurred Sunday, December 29, 2024, at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate with the city's governing mayor, Kai Wegner, and Holocaust survivor Margot ...

The ritual of lighting a nightly candle, as well as the emphasis on cooking foods in oil such as potato pancakes called latkes, memorialize this miraculously long-lasting oil. When is Hanukkah 2024?

On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra. Watch the lighting ceremony at 4 p.m. EST in our ...

Traditional blessings and songs are recited during the lighting of each candle, which occurs after sunset (except on Fridays when it is lit before the Shabbat candles).

With the tiny supply of ritually pure oil that they found in the temple, they lit the menorah — and it stayed lit for eight days. The ritual of lighting a nightly candle, as well as the emphasis ...

There is one candle for each night of Hanukkah, and the ninth candle, which sits in the middle, is known as the shamash, which translates to attendant or servant candle. This candle is lit first and ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light ...

After lighting the candles, families can spend 30 minutes without the distraction of devices—time that can be spent playing games, reflecting on the holiday’s themes, or simply enjoying the light.

Special blessings and prayers are said and traditional songs are sung. The candle lighting is often accompanied by readings of Psalms 113–118 and Numbers 7:1–8:4, according to Life in Messiah.