Hanukkah is an eight-day festival marking the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Here's what to know about the ...

Jewish festival of lights, begins at sundown on Wednesday, Dec. 25, in 2024 with lighting of the first candle.

When does Hanukkah start this year? And what's the correct way to light a menorah? Here are answers to some of the key ...

The oil: Judah Makabee ordered the Temple to be purified, and a new altar to be built in place of the one polluted by pig’s ...

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights or the Feast of Dedication, holds a significant place in Jewish households.

The place where Jesus was buried and resurrected is a location of great theological significant. In Jerusalem, three places ...

Watch the lighting ceremony at 4 p.m. EST in our player above. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC, after a ...

[First], Jews would go up and worship at the ... And again, in this respect, the Temple in Jerusalem was no different. Gentiles had an area within which they could penetrate the sacred precincts ...

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day, marking a rare confluence of Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur on separate calendars. Many ...

We're always nuts for doughnuts here at The Jerusalem Post, and now for Hanukkah, we get to try the best sufganiyot of the ...

The “light of the world,” raised as a devout Jew, would grow from those first moments in the cave, lying in a manger, to see ...

Typically, big chain stores offer a handful of Hanukkah gifts amidst a glut of Christmas merchandise. That snub led to the ...