Since at least one of the eight days of Hanukkah falls on Shabbat, and we have to, then, light two sets of candles ... Jewish educator and public speaker. His book "In the Beginnings: Discovering ...

wrote in a 1979 book that the rabbis had a choice to make regarding the message of Hanukkah: Should the eight flames represent fire — the destruction of our enemies — or light, working ...

People are often surprised to learn that Hanukkah, popularly known as the “festival of lights,” features very ... seven sons,” found in the second book of Maccabees. In the tale, a mother ...

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is not mentioned in the Bible. The historical events upon which the celebration is based are recorded in Maccabees I and II, two books contained ...