• WBST 92.1 FMMuncie
  • WBSB 89.5 FMAnderson
  • WBSW 90.9 FMMarion
  • WBSH 91.1 FMHagerstown / New Castle
Indiana Public Radio, a listener-supported service of Ball State University
Listen Live Online. Tap to open audio stream.

Hanukkah, The Festival of Lights is Underway Through December 20th

By Network Indiana / IPR News | Published on in Community, Faith and Religion, Local News
iStockphoto.com via NPR

The annual eight-day festival of Hanukkah started Tuesday and lasts through December 20th. Rabbi Motti Seligson, of Chabad.org, says anyone can appreciate the core message of Hanukkah: Religious freedom.  Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of Jerusalem’s second Jewish Temple in the 160s BCE/BC.  Hanukkah, translated from Hebrew and Aramaic, means “dedication.”