Hanukkah

Hanukkah 2018

In 2018, the first night of Hanukkah is Sunday, Dec. 2.

From candle-lighting to Maccabees and latkes to dreidels.

The traditional blessings and procedures for lighting the Hanukkah candles.

Our simple how-to video will have you frying and filling in no time.

Your cheat sheet for when Hanukkah is just hours away.

Lesser-known facts about the Festival of Lights.

Can you tell which of these statements about Hanukkah are myths, and which are facts?

Key vocabulary for the Jewish Festival of Lights.

The role of Judith in Hanukkah.

A traditional Hanukkah song for celebrating the Festival of Lights.

The timeless song of the Maccabees' fight for freedom.

Should you joyously sing a song that you might find offensive?

The miracle of the real.

The case for reviving a tradition of reading the Scroll of Antiochus.

The tradition of lighting Hanukkah candles in every household teaches that all of us have the power to lighten our little corner of the world.