Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. While not as overtly holy a Jewish holiday as Passover or Yom Kippur, Hanukkah has been embraced by the Western world as an often blue-and-white answer to ...

Wreaths are the centerpiece of a ritual popular with many Christian denominations. December is the month when the Northern Hemisphere grows dark, and throughout history people have sought the light ...

A table full of lit candles. One by one they came up to a central table full of candles and lit a small candle with a larger candle, gently saying the name or names of the people and/or things they ...

Lining up the Hanukah Candles and Blessings: On each night we add a candle lining them up on the Hanukiyah (Hanukah Menorah) from right to left. The shamash candle lights the others going from left to ...

Hispanics have long lighted them for loved ones and for luck. But devotional candles are increasingly kindled by anyone with a wish or a prayer, and as a result, they are a lucrative and growing niche ...

Judaism has a lot of blessings–not just to say over bread or Shabbat candles, but also when you see strange-looking people or animals. But blessings don’t come in limited editions: No matter how many ...