On the hanukkiah were the two major historical figures of the holiday, Judah Maccabee and Antiochus. They could only be one-dimensional, but they were dynamic. Judah Maccabee was dressed in armor ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — On the fourth night of Hanukkah, rabbis from two Kalamazoo synagogues and a community children’s choir came together to celebrate the light in Bronson Park. As a group gathered ...

As has been the case for the last decade-plus, Kalamazoo’s three congregations will come together to light a hanukkiah in Bronson Park each night of the eight-day celebration, from Dec. 18-25.

Obviously, public Hanukkiah lightings are here to stay and many of us enjoy them greatly, but we should keep in mind that the true place to celebrate Hanukkah is in the intimate family environment ...

This year Hanukkah starts and ends on a Friday night. This happy happenstance gives me two opportunities to create one of my favorite holiday treats — the challah hanukkiah, literally a menorah ...

At a minimum, one hanukkiah, or nine-candle menorah, takes 44 candles through eight nights. If your household lights more than one menorah on any of those nights, the candle demand increases ...

For Hanukkah, we have something called a Hanukkiah, which is different.” Looper says the menorahs in the temple were seven-branched, but the Hanukkiah has nine candles.

Students at a school in Britain attempted a Guinness World Record by constructing an 18-foot hanukkiah -- the traditional menorah used for Hanukkah celebrations -- from 80,000 Lego bricks.

What does it mean to be the Shamash? When I was a little girl, in Sunday School at my synagogue, I learned that the Shamash was the “helper” candle: we use it to light the other candles in the ...

HANUKKIAH (19A: Holiday candelabrum with nine branches) A HANUKKIAH, also known as a Hanukkah menorah is a nine-branched candelabrum used during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

The hanukkiah includes figures of doctors, nurses and even patients completing cardiac rehab, in honor of the Baruch Padeh Medical Center's cardiac rehab center team.