Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday in the Jewish faith marked by the nightly lighting ...

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First Night of Hanukkah 2025: Prepare your Hanukkah candles as the first night approaches. First Night of Hanukkah 2025 is the first night of the celebration days with families and communities ...

The winter solstice is upon us, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. People across the country have already faced multiple blankets of white snow where they live, but the winter ...

Hanukkah 2025 begins this weekend and lasts for eight days leading into the winter solstice and nearing the Christmas holiday. Here's when and what to know about the first night of the Jewish holiday.

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There is so much to see in the night sky tonight, here's what you can look forward to. Look to the east roughly two hours before midnight tonight to see a bright waning gibbous moon, now ...

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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 ...

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J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...