The menorah-lighting ritual involves more than just putting flame to a wick: Jewish religious tradition involves reciting one of three Hebrew blessings, described below. Gelt, the Yiddish word for ...

The menorah lighting included music, dancing and traditional foods like latkes and doughnuts. Organizers said this year’s event was a way to celebrate Jewish pride and bring light to a time when ...

Giving gelt ensured that even the poorest people could light the Hanukkah menorah. Perhaps as an outgrowth of the gelt tradition, it’s customary during Hanukkah to make donations, or tzedakah ...

The menorah holds nine candles, one of which is the shamash, meaning attendant, which is used to light the other eight. Special blessings are recited, often to a traditional melody, before the ...

As is tradition, Downtown Santa Monica will host a nightly Menorah lighting at sundown. Residents are invited to celebrate the Festival of Lights with nightly menorah lightings, hosted by a ...

WASHINGTON — For Washington, D.C. the start of Hanukkah also means the lighting of the 30-foot National Menorah on the Ellipse, in front of the White House. And as of Tuesday afternoon, there is ...

Chanukah, also known as Hanukkah, is the Jewish eight-day “festival of lights” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting--adding a flame each night. This tradition commemorates the rededication of ...

VENTNOR — Families turned out on a cool winter night to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah with a community menorah ... There was plenty of light, including a not-very traditional Hanukkah ...

there was a menorah-lighting ceremony at the Statehouse. Stephen and Rita Schneps adore their Hanukkah traditions: eating latkes and jelly doughnuts, and Rita makes homemade applesauce and challah.