ST. LOUIS – Wednesday marks the first time the start of Hanukkah and Christmas have fallen on the same day since 2005 and only the fifth time since 1900. Hanukkah, also called the Festival of ...

In 2021 Hanukkah begins on the evening of Sunday 28 November. However, miraculously the lamp stayed alight for eight days! That is why Jews light a candle every day of Hanukkah.

“These descendants of the Jews most probably celebrated Hanukkah without knowing what it was in the privacy of their homes,” he said. “In 1854, Pope Pius marked the 8th of December as the ...