Rabbi Yossi Shemtov Chabad Shliach of Toledo, Ohio, on Toledo Ohio’s Local Fox Channel, discusses the meaning of Chanukah.
We all know what it’s like to give someone a mivtzoim menorah and wonder if they’ll really be able to figure out what to do from the directions on the side of the box.
The Maccabeats sing the American National Anthem at Chabad of Hallendale’s ‘Chanukah on Ice’ event at the Florida Panthers hockey game. The Rabbis then proceed to light the Menorah made of ice.
A delegation of Dutch Rabbis representing the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) met with two high-ranking representatives of the Dutch Parliament last night, on the eve of the first night of Chanukah.
As people everywhere usher in the first light of Chanukah, the newly elected Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel hosted Rabbi Meir Chai Benhiyoun, his wife Rivka and their two youngest children, Ruth Shaina and Levi Yitzvhak, in the mayoral chambers for a pre–Chanukah visit.
“Rabbi, is Hannukah the Jewish X-mas?” Richmond Rabbi Yechiel Baitelman is frequently asked that question about the annual eight-day Jewish festival that this year began last night.
In the country that had once tried to annihilate them completely, Jews throughout Germany are getting ready to light their menorahs for the upcoming Chanukah holiday, spreading light in a land that a mere two generations ago was the ultimate symbol of fear and darkness.
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