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5 days ago · Program Guide. Make a Gift. Membership. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is the eight-night festival that begins on the 25th of Kislev. Historically, Hanukkah was a public festival commemorating the conquest by the Maccabees of the Greeks and the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 BCE.
4 days ago · Guides New York. 10 Giant Menorahs That Will Light Up for Hanukkah in NYC. The eight nights of Hanukkah start tonight, December 7th! That means menorahs all over New York City will soon be...
4 days ago · March 25, 2024. 0. Spread the love. Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival also known as the Festival of Lights, is observed by lighting candles on a menorah each night. A menorah is a nine-branched candelabrum with eight candles representing each night of Hanukkah and a ninth, the shamash (helper candle), used to light the others.
1 day ago · Jewish law (halacha) accords Shabbat ( Hebrew: שבת) the status of a holiday, a day of rest celebrated on the seventh day of each week. Jewish law defines a day as ending at either sundown or nightfall, when the next day then begins. Thus, Shabbat begins just before sundown Friday night.
12 hours ago · In the kidnapping case, in December 2018 on Shabbat and Hanukkah, members of the cult took the two children from the town of Woodridge, New York late at night and, using disguises and fraudulent ...
3 days ago · Etz Hayim—"Tree of Life" exists to promote Christian-Jewish relations and dialogue, and a joint biblical, spiritual and liturgical self-consciousness and cooperation. As Christians, we cannot consider Judaism as a foreign religion; nor do we include the Jews among those called to turn from idols and to serve the true God (cf. 1 Thes 1:9).
5 days ago · The jolly Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar (late winter/early spring). Purim began in 2024 on Saturday night, March 23 and continues through Sunday, March 24. Among the celebrations: many Jewish children will dress up and feast on triangular sweets on Saturday evening.