What to know about Hanukkah and how it's celebrated around the world

4-12-2023 World Washington Times - World 32

Hanukkah - also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew - is Judaism's "festival of lights." On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah - a multibranched candelabra.

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