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The tradition of building up to lighting eight oil lamps (plus one shamash, or servitor) over the Hanukkah period began in the 2nd century CE.

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On Christmas morning, I knew my prayers had been answered even before I ripped the paper off; I’d memorized the exact weight ...

Iceland has a long and rich literary tradition. With its 380,000 inhabitants, the country has produced many great writers, ...

In the heart of Pavia, west of the city and along the route to Piedmont and the Alps, lies a historic site that is rewriting ...

Although the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent and sovereign state is a fact of recent history, this country has been ...

A snifter of sherry may have been a special treat back then, but in the subsequent decades we’ve won a somewhat dubious ...

A picturesque harbour-side village that's nestled between two well-known UK cities offering stunning coastal walks and a ...

German news agency dpa is reporting that a car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg ...

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