Beginning at sundown on Sunday, 14 December, Chanukah, aka ‘festival of lights’, is just that – a festival rather than a holiday, steeped in religious worship. The eight-consecutive-night event focuses on celebrating small, seemingly insignificant, victories and everyday miracles. Represented by several symbolic items, including a nine-branched hanukkiah (or menorah, the more generic term which refers to a candelabrum of any kind) with eight candles representing each night of…

