Giants will look for their first win of the season at home against the Bengals on Sunday night

Cincinnati (1-4) at New York Giants (2-3)

Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EDT, NBC

BetMGM NFL Odds: Giants by 3 1/2.

Against the spread: Bengals 2-3, Giants 3-2.

Series record: Bengals lead 6-5.

Last meeting: Giants beat Bengals 19-17 on Nov. 29. 2020, at Cincinnati.

Last week: Ravens beat Bengals 41-38, OT; Giants beat Seahawks 29-20.

Bengals offense: overall (9), rush (28), pass (5), scoring (T4).

Bengals defense: overall (26), rush (30), pass (19), scoring (31).

Giants offense: overall (20), rush (24), pass (13), scoring (27).

Giants defense: overall (12), rush (12), pass (15), scoring (11).

Turnover differential: Bengals: even, Giants minus-2.

Quarterback Joe Burrow threw a career-high five touchdown passes against Baltimore to go with 392 yards and a 137.0 passer rating. His fifth scoring toss came via a quick screen to Ja’Marr Chase, who took it 70 yards for his second TD of the day. Burrow has thrown for 1,370 yards, 12 TDs and two interceptions this season.

Defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence is having his best season. The six-year veteran had a career-high three sacks against Seattle last weekend and has six for the season. He is tied for second in the league with Will McDonald of the Jets. In five games, Lawrence has 16 tackles, 10 quarterback hits, four tackles for loss and a pass defensed. He is also getting double-teamed most of the time.

The Giants' front seven against the Bengals' offensive line. New York leads the NFL with 22 sacks. That pressure has allowed a young secondary to settle down and it did a good job against Seahawks star DK Metcalf and company last week while sacking Geno Smith seven times. The Bengals have given up 11 sacks, including three last weekend.

Bengals: Starting CB Dax Hill tore his ACL last week and is out. CB DJ Ivey (knee), HB Chase Brown (quadricep), CB Mike Hilton (knee) are on the injury report. ... Giants WR Malik Nabers (concussion), OLB Kayvon Thibodeaux (wrist), P Jamie Gillan (hamstring), RB Devin Singletary (groin) and PR-KOR Bryce Ford Wheaton (shoulder) are out. CB Adoree Jackson (calf), CB Dru Phillips (shoulder, calf) and OLB Brian Burns (groin) are on the injury report. The Giants signed P Matt Haack to replace Gillan.

The home team has won 10 of the 11 games. The first game between the teams was played in 1972.

Cincinnati had a chance to win last week’s game in OT, but a mishandled snap and hold caused Evan McPherson to pull the kick wide left. ... The Bengals rank fourth in the NFL in scoring, averaging 28.0 points. ... They are fifth in the league in passing offense, averaging 263 yards. ... Burrow’s 392 passing yards in Week 5 moved his career total to 15,453. That surpassed Jeff Blake for fifth place in franchise history. ... Burrow has 21 games with 300 or more passing yards. ... Cincinnati is 4-17 in regular-season Sunday night games. ... The Bengals are 28-56 overall in regular-season games at night. ... Giants QB Daniel Jones threw two touchdowns and no interceptions against Seattle. He is one of four quarterbacks (Burrow, Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield) with two-plus TD passes and 100-plus rating in three or more games this season. Rookie RB Tyrone Tracy ran for 129 yards in his first start. ... Nabors leads the league with 35 catches despite missing last weekend. ... WR Darius Slayton led the team with eight catches for 122 yards and a TD last weekend. ... OLB Brian Burns had two passes defensed and a sack against Seattle. ... New York had eight sacks in Week 3 and seven last weekend. It is the first team since the 2006 Eagles to have seven or more sacks in two of their first five games. ... CB Deonte Banks had a career-high three PDs and his first forced fumble against the Seahawks. ... ILB Micah McFadden leads New York with 31 tackles despite missing the opener.

Chase had 10 catches for 193 yards and two TDs against the Ravens. Now in his fourth season, he has 16 games with 100 or more yards receiving and 34 touchdown catches. The LSU product has 29 catches this season for 493 yards, five TDs and seven plays of 20 yards or more.

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New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) celebrates after sacking Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith (7) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither reacts after sacking Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith (7) runs with the football as New York Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux (5) pressures during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - New York Giants wide receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton (88), back, center, celebrates with teammates after returning a blocked field goal for a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase catches a touchdown pass from quarterback Joe Burrow during the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) and head coach Brian Daboll stand on the field after an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Seattle. The Giants won 29-20. (AP Photo/Linsey Wasson)

Giants will look for their first win of the season at home against the Bengals on Sunday night

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow speaks to reporters following an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. The Ravens won 41-38 in overtime. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Giants will look for their first win of the season at home against the Bengals on Sunday night

Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.” On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah — a multibranched candelabra.

In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC, after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from occupying foreign forces.

With the tiny supply of ritually pure oil that they found in the temple, they lit the menorah — and it stayed lit for eight days. The ritual of lighting a nightly candle, as well as the emphasis on cooking foods in oil such as potato pancakes called latkes, memorialize this miraculously long-lasting oil.

The dates of the holiday are based on Hebrew month of Kislev, which usually coincides with November-December in the Gregorian calendar.

This year, Hanukkah will be celebrated from Dec. 25, 2024, through Jan. 2, 2025.

Jews across the religious observance spectrum — from Reform to Conservative to Orthodox — focus on the same theme of bringing light into the darkness and emphasizing that even a small, against-the-odds effort can have a transforming effect.

For this reason, even though the Talmud reflects a dispute over the order of lighting, most start with one candle and increase the lighting by one more candle each night while reciting or chanting special blessings.

The candles are added from right to left, but lit from left to right on the menorah, thus always starting with the newest light. The special menorah used for Hanukkah has eight branches, with a ninth place for the candle called shamash from which all others are lit.

The tradition calls for candles with a real flame, though some also use electric ones in public displays, such as in hospitals, for safety reasons.

A menorah is lit in each household and traditionally is placed where it can be seen from the outside, such as a doorway or windowsill, to symbolize the spreading of God’s light to all nations.

The lighting of menorahs in city streets and parks has become more prominent in recent years in countries around the world, including in front of public landmarks.

In addition to menorah lightings, giving to charity and social works are also part of the celebration for many, reflecting the belief that the Jewish people are called by God to help make the world better for all.

Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.

Rabbi Peter Tarlow lights a candle on a menorah during a Chicanukah event at Holocaust Museum Houston on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)