On Dec. 27, 1951, a group of Yeshiva students was granted a special audience with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, the most influential rabbi in modern history. It was ...

In December of 1991 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a 13-year-old boy climbs his way up a platform to light a large menorah in front of the Chabad-Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson. Cameras ...

The Lubavitch Chabad organization has changed the date of its annual fund-raising telethon from just before Rosh Hashanah to the seventh night of Chanukah, to honor the memory of the late Lubavitcher ...

The Jewish fesitval of Chanukah wrapped up its 8 days of celebration last weekend. Chanukah, known as the festival of lights, celebrates the miraculous victory of the Macabeean army over the Syrian ...

I am often asked if Chanukah is a major Jewish holiday. Although its observance of lighting candles for eight nights is more prevalent than other Jewish observances, I appreciate the question's ...

There is a custom extant to gift money (gelt) to children on Chanukah for valid reasons, and perhaps that morphed into the present mania. But it’s still a legacy of our interactions with the ...

FLINT TOWNSHIP, MI — Chabad of Eastern Michigan in Flint is planning light up one of 15,000 public menorahs worldwide, symbolizing the universal message of religious freedom. Chabad of Eastern ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Hanukkah begins Sunday, November 28, and for the 40th year Chabad of Tidewater will celebrate the eight-day holiday's first night by lighting a giant Hanukkah menorah on Mount ...

Some Rishonim actually have a different version of the tefillah that does not include the letter a Vav. So, it reads as “al hatishuos al hamilchamos” – for the salvation from the war. However, our ...

NEWINGTON — As the Festival of Lights approaches, The Seacoast Jewish Community Center is delighted to announce a series of vibrant Chanukah events, bringing joy and celebration to communities across ...