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 ...

A steady stream of museum visitors counted down to the first night of Hanukkah, take part in community service activities and celebrate their Jewish heritage together.

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 ...

Children donate that money to charity and purchase small toys and books with it ... son was born last year during Hanukkah, the “eight days of light” that is Esti Grossman’s favorite ...

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 ...

Readers’ favorites shifted a bit, but no new titles joined the list during the week of Christmas and the start of Hanukkah.

Hanukkah for me is a link between the past and a redeemed or post-revolutionary future. The candles Sarah lights are the cheap ... His latest book, with Sue Coe, is titled “The Young Person ...

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 ...

It's older than books.” “The most remarkable ... in which various celebrities join Tishby to light the menorah for all eight nights of Hanukkah.

Hanukkah’s story of triumph teaches gratitude for everyday miracles. As light banishes darkness ... and he recently published a book titled A Prophetic Vision, a compendium of Reb Elchonon ...

It is not a coincidence that Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which Jews around the world ... of faith in 83-year-old Tamar Ifrah, whose Book of Psalms comforted her while she and her family ...

I realised that the diameter was too big for the Hanukkah candles. So at first I tried 5.56 from our M16’s but that went straight in the opening of the 0.5. I then tried 7.62 from the MAG light ...