Hanukkah special: 'Candles Burning Brightly.'

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers watches the installation of a menorah outside the Tree of Life Synagogue before holding a celebration on the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped on Oct. 27, at the temple.
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Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, is observed in 2019 from December 22nd to December 29th.
MPR's Mindy Ratner has produced a holiday special about the music, history, foods and traditions of Hanukkah.
It's called "Candles Burning Brightly."
The celebration lasts for eight nights, and Minnesota Public Radio classical music hosts Mindy Ratner and Bill Morelock give us a musical holiday special.
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