Chanukah is known for the miracle of the menorah that took place in the Temple, but the holiday was called Chanukah from the word Chanukat HaBayit, meaning Dedication of House, because it was the ...

The Jewish fesitval of Chanukah wrapped up its 8 days of celebration last weekend. Chanukah, known as the festival of lights, celebrates the miraculous victory of the Macabeean army over the Syrian ...

On Dec. 27, 1951, a group of Yeshiva students was granted a special audience with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the most influential rabbi in modern history. It was ...

There is a custom extant to gift money (gelt) to children on Chanukah for valid reasons, and perhaps that morphed into the present mania. But it’s still a legacy of our interactions with the ...

I am often asked if Chanukah is a major Jewish holiday. Although its observance of lighting candles for eight nights is more prevalent than other Jewish observances, I appreciate the question's ...

The eight-day festival of Chanukah is upon us, and the Jewish community finds itself kindling their menorahs in the shadow of the horrific terrorist attacks of Oct. 7. A day that has left us in the ...

NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Beth Menachem Chabad on Wednesday lit a public 12 foot menorah on Dedham Street to mark the first night of Hanukkah. “At this fraught time for the Jewish community, with war in ...

A portrait of 10-year-old Matilda, killed in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, is shown at a memorial on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. SAEED KHAN AFP via Getty Images I write these words with ...