Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish ... where it is often placed in a window or doorway. Synagogues and public places also light menorahs. The candles are added from right to left, but lit from ...
During each night of Hanukkah, you light one candle for each night plus an additional one called the shamash, the "helper" candle, which is lit first each night and used to light all the others.
Dec. 25 marks a rare intersection: The beginning of Hanukkah and the celebration of Christmas fall on the same day. As friends and colleagues for over 35 years, we find this overlap full of ...