Hanukkah ends at sundown on Thursday. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) (c)2024 the Santa Cruz Sentinel (Scotts Valley, Calif.) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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A couple weeks before the first night of Hanukkah, Jacob's "bubby" (grandmother) gives Jacob an early Hanukkah gift: she's signed him up with an infamous matchmaker. Molly's bubby has the same idea.