Firefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, burned at ...

Researchers think they have identified a biblical site known as Mahanaim, along with a residence that may have been used by ...

Dear all, All Jewish days, including Holy Days and Festivals, begin at sunset with the lighting of candles. (This has to do ...

This article discusses the final category: federal holidays that are religious in origin but are now seemingly celebrated secularly, with New Year’s Day as an excellent example of that.

Christmas: Celebrated on December 25 each year, Christmas follows the Gregorian calendar, a solar calendar used worldwide for civil purposes. Hanukkah: Hanukkah follows the Hebrew lunar calendar ...

is an eight-day Jewish celebration that begins on the 25th of the Hebrew calendar month Kislev. This year, Hanukkah falls between Dec. 25 and Jan. 2. Many people who do not follow the Jewish faith ...

This year, Christmas Day and the first day of ... The overlap is uncommon due to the differences between the Gregorian and Jewish calendars, according to CBS News. Despite their distinct histories ...

Martin Luther actually added "alone" to this verse in his Bibles in order to promote this new doctrine ... eating kosher and other Jewish practices (Acts 15:1-21). St. Paul writes elsewhere ...

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism's "festival of lights." On eight ...

While the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah often falls at varying points during November and December, this year's festival of ...

A large public menorah in St. Helena will be lit each night during the eight nights of Hanukkah, beginning on Dec. 25 and ending on Jan. 2. The menorah is positioned in Lyman Park across from the ...

At that time, they realized when Hanukkah was — it can start anywhere from late November to late December, depending on the Hebrew calendar for a given year ... Amazon order and six hours ...