Hanukkah and Jamaican Jews

Webmasters Make $$$ By Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, Jamaica Gleaner Guest Columnist The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins this year at sundown on Saturday, December 8. Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Revolt of the Maccabees in the 2nd century BCE, about 2,200 years ago. One of the major observances is the lighting of the lights in an eight-branched Hanukkah Menorah, also called a Hanukkiah. We light one additional candle each night using the shamash, a separate candle…

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