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UpdatedThu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:39 pm ET Replies(8) Light those candles and keep your religious celebration at home this year, say faith leaders statewide. (Shutterstock) HARRISBURG, PA — Religious leaders statewide joined Gov. Tom Wolf this week in a big holiday ask: Please stay home for your holiday worship and religious celebrations. Wolf issued a statement this week asking Pennsylvanians to take COVID-19 precautions and help one another stay safe during the upcoming holiday season. "After a difficult year like this one, I know that we all want to take comfort in our family and religious ...

Nearly 2,200 years after fighting off invaders, rededicating their temple and lighting a menorah with a limited supply of oil, Jews will light their own menorahs tonight as the world fights off a viral invader. Hanukkah, also known as the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at sunset today and concludes Dec. 18. The holiday celebrates the victory of the Maccabees, a group of rural, working-class people, who overthrew Syrian-Greek invaders and rededicated their Jerusalem temple. In addition to rededicating their temple, connecting with God through the temple rites, the Maccabees used the time as...