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Chanukah (Hanukkah): (lit. “rededication”); eight-day festival beginning on 25 Kislev, celebrating the Maccabees’ recapture of the second Temple from the Syrian Greeks, and its rededication, marked by the kindling of lights on a menorah or chanukiah
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As Israel’s air force struck deep in the heart of the Gaza Strip in its quest to put a halt to the Palestinian rocket fire that has terrorized Israeli civilians for years, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries set out on a mission to provide spiritual support to ci...
Light returned to the city of Mumbai, India, on Thursday with a pair of public Chanukah menorah lightings organized by Chabad-Lubavitch at sites targeted in last month’s terror attacks that killed more than 170 people.
Chanukah in Pictures 2006
Chanukah 2006 saw a record number of 11,000 Chabad-Lubavitch Menorah lightings, around the world. Take a tour around the globe with Chabad-Lubavitch public menorah lightings.
Chanukah 2005 in pictures
Chanukah, 2005 saw a record number of public menorah displays. Take a tour around the globe with Chabad-Lubavitch public menorah lightings.
Take a tour around the globe with Chabad-Lubavitch public menorah lightings
I never painted a swastika in my life. But I needed to paint this picture. Many of you may have already seen the original photograph this painting is based on. It was taken in Germany, 1932. Rachel Posner snapped a photograph of her family’s menorah set u...
On Chanukah, the lights in every Jewish home are illuminated. Their glow promotes a sense of peace and celebration, and serve as a reminder to see the miracles in everyday life. The remind us of why we are here, on a deeper and more G-dly level. We bring ...
Artist’s Statement: The first holiday that I celebrated when I returned to Yiddishkeit was Chanukah, and I certainly have done my fair share of Chanukah menorahs, along with designing some Chanukah-themed fabrics when I was a textile designer. This piece ...
Artist’s Statement: The menorah of the Holy Temple evoked the image of a tree. Its central shaft was like a trunk and the other lamps were its "branches". The decorations were referred to as almonds, buds, and flowers. Today the menorah remains a tree of ...
Artist’s Statement: On Chanukah we publicize the miracle of the oil. We publicize the power of G-d who saved us from the vast Hellenist army, but at the same time it is a very intimate festival. You see families or groups behind the window lighting their ...
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