Holidays

On Chanukah, our Rabbis, Hillel and Shammai, have written about different ways to light the menorah. Most people light 1 menorah according to Hillel, but some people light 2 menorahs: one according to Hillel and the other according to Shammai. I want to know which one should be on the right, Hillel's or Shammai's? Please be specific as to whether looking out from inside, or in from outside. Thank you.

The parsha of Miketz is always read on Shabbat Chanukah. I’ve always understood that nothing in the Torah is by accident or is pure coincidence, and there is always a significance to what is read when. Any significant connection between Miketz and Chanukah?

How does one observe the mitzvah of lighting the menorah when in a no-open-flames environment, such as a hospital?

Why do we start Chanukah with one candle on the first night and increase one candle per night until we light eight on the eighth night? Why not just each night or do a “countdown” from eight to one?

Why is Chanukah so important and what do you think would have happened if the Greeks had been successful in their war against the Maccabees?

Someone told me that Chanukah as we celebrate it today (with lights) only began after the Christians began celebrating xmas. Is this true?'