Hanukkah gathering in Rittenhouse Square brings hundreds together

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!

Hundreds gathered in Rittenhouse Square for the second night of Hanukkah filled with music, prayer and the customary jelly donuts.

Across eight nights, Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, when the Maccabees freed Judea from the Syrian-Greek empire. They only had one jug of oil to light the Temple’s menorah after the war, which burned for eight days giving birth to the celebration…

Story continues

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

TRENDING ARTICLES