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During Hanukkah, explore the history and traditions of the menorah and how it symbolizes resilience through its Hanukkah flames, marking the Temple's re-dedication.
On the last night of Hanukkah Sunday, in front of a 32-foot-tall menorah towering over Copley Square, Rabbi Mayer Zarchi described the lit flames atop menorahs across the world as representative ...
This past week, we saw as a community the devastating effects of fire. The fire did not discriminate by ethnicity, religion or socio-economic class, but rather, consumed whatever was in its path.
But the Park Slope menorah — which was known, until 2016 at least, as “the world’s largest menorah” — uses flames ensconced in old-fashioned kerosene lanterns.
A large menorah is right at home in the winter wonderland. Erected by Chabad of Spokane, flames from five of its nine torches – one for each day of Hanukkah and the Shamash – flicker under the ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — More than 6,300 miles away, a war is raging. In Knoxville, a Hanukkah celebration brought together Jewish voices of all kinds to both light a menorah and reflect on the impact ...
A centerpiece of the Tabernacle is the Menorah, made of seven branches, three on the right and three on the left, rising to the same height as the central shaft (Exodus 25:31–40). Insight into ...
A Chanukah menorah display on a car in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on Nov. 30, 2021. Oksana Kuznetsova Dnepr/Shutterstock “The change this year is to really blow it up in terms of public ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Chanukah begins on Sunday evening, but Jewish inmates in Broward County will not be allowed to light a menorah with a real flame. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony told Local ...