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Why didn't we light 8 candles the first night of Hanukkah?

Should we see the world as it is, or as it should be? We pray for the day the potential is going to be the same as the actual. Speedily!

Where to place the Hanukiya, what to do at large events. what to do at family gatherings - and more.

We tend to talk about spirituality but it is in our actions, small, personal or influential, that it is attained.

Imagine you only have money for one set of candles - Shabbat or Hannukah - which to choose and why?

The candles we will soon lighti, like the rainbow, have a glow which is temporary but whose presence lingers long after they are gone.

The latest ‘Lucky Jew’ figurines in Poland: Scented candles that are ‘good for financial success.’

There are eight candles sparkling, the light of which brings warmth to the family inside and to passers-by outside who will see its glow.

Light as a symbol: Hanukkah candles and Shabbat candles - Liturgical reflections on Hanukkah - The Menorah on the Arch of Titus.

A parable in Mendele Mocher Seforim, the "grandfather of Yiddish literature," that takes place in an old-time shtetl, tells it all.

National flag, wreath, and candle placed on graves of Israel's wars victims in cemeteries across country.

A high percentage of Jews in Israel light the Menorah candles every night on Hanukkah.