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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The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in the 2nd century CE.

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Rainy days gave way to blue skies over the Town Square in downtown Vacaville on Friday as a crowd gathered to watch the lighting of the menorah in celebration of the "festival of lights" during ...