Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
As Hanukkah kicks off on Thursday, Jews across Miami-Dade are grappling with how to celebrate a typically joyful holiday amid heartbreak after the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 and subsequent war ...
Hanukkah means "dedication" in Hebrew. It's usually in December, but the dates change every year since Judaism follows a lunar calendar. The national menorah lit in Washington, DC, is 30 feet tall ...
The proximity of the beginning of the Hanukkah festival on the 25th of Kislev (end of November/December) to Christmas led to the so-called "December Dilemma" for Jewish families living in societies that were largely Christian. [5] The history of an informal merger between Hanukkah and Christmas dates back to 19th century Germany and Austria.
As the Jewish Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah, is fast approaching (December 25, 2024 to January 2, 2025), we’re looking forward to playing dreidel (and winning gelt!), lighting the menorah with ...
Video: Presidential Hanukkah ceremony, Old Executive Office Building, 1989: Pres George H.W. Bush hosting Synagogue Council of America and group of Jewish children recently arrived from USSR. Video: Remarks by President Clinton on Hanukkah, Oval Office, 1997. Video: WH Hanukkah, 2001. Video: WH Hanukkah, 2002. Video: WH Hanukkah, 2003.
Married observant Jewish women wear a scarf (tichel or mitpahat), snood, hat, beret, or sometimes a wig in order to conform with the requirement of Jewish religious law that married women cover their hair. [30] [31] A Greek Sephardic couple in wedding costume ca. late 19th century. The woman wears a veil in accordance with wedding custom.
Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish celebration commemorated by the lighting of the menorah, traditional foods, games and gifts, will begin on Wednesday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day. When is Hanukkah 2024?
Spanish and Portuguese Jews still do not observe them. Hanukkah. Only one set of Hanukkah lights is lit in each household. The shammash is generally lit after the other Hanukkah lights and after singing Hannerot hallalu, instead of being used to light them (which would be impractical, given that the lights are traditionally oil lamps rather ...