The centre candle is called the 'shamash'. However, the shamash isn't necessarily in the centre of a channukiah, the only requirement is that it is higher than the rest of the candles.
The name Hanukkah comes from the Hebrew word חנך, which means "to dedicate," since the festival commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees after they successfully...
Hanukkah or Chanukah literally means re-dedication. Many people who aren't Jewish blindly assume we celebrate Chanukkah solely for the miracle of the war and oil. This is not true. Although we DO...
The Hanukkah menorah is used as a symbol of the eight days and nights the candles stayed lit because of the little amount of oil the Maccabees had during the war.
A menorah is only kosher if the...