diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d089b06..b41cb0b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hebcal/core",
-  "version": "2.7.0",
+  "version": "2.8.0",
   "author": "Michael J. Radwin (https://github.com/mjradwin)",
   "contributors": [
     "Eyal Schachter (https://github.com/Scimonster)",
@@ -65,23 +65,23 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@ava/babel": "^1.0.1",
-    "@babel/core": "^7.12.8",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.12.7",
-    "@babel/register": "^7.12.1",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.12.10",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.12.10",
+    "@babel/register": "^7.12.10",
     "@hebcal/solar-calc": "^1.0.4",
-    "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^5.2.1",
+    "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^5.2.2",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^16.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^4.1.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^10.0.0",
-    "ava": "^3.13.0",
-    "core-js": "^3.7.0",
-    "eslint": "^7.14.0",
+    "ava": "^3.14.0",
+    "core-js": "^3.8.1",
+    "eslint": "^7.15.0",
     "eslint-config-google": "^0.14.0",
     "gematriya": "^2.0.0",
     "jsdoc": "^3.6.6",
     "jsdoc-to-markdown": "^6.0.1",
     "nyc": "^15.1.0",
-    "rollup": "^2.33.3",
+    "rollup": "^2.34.2",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2",
     "tsd-jsdoc": "^2.5.0",
     "ttag-cli": "^1.8.8"
diff --git a/src/candles.js b/src/candles.js
index 1e62d1f..efbb662 100644
--- a/src/candles.js
+++ b/src/candles.js
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ const days = {
   SAT: 6,
 };
 
+/**
+ * @private
+ * This method returns the tzais (nightfall) based on the opinion of the
+ * Geonim calculated as 30 minutes after sunset during the equinox
+ * (on March 16, about 4 days before the astronomical equinox, the day that
+ * a solar hour is 60 minutes) in Yerushalayim.
+ * @see {https://kosherjava.com/zmanim/docs/api/com/kosherjava/zmanim/ComplexZmanimCalendar.html#getTzaisGeonim7Point083Degrees()}
+ */
+const TZEIT_3MEDIUM_STARS = 7.083;
+
 /**
  * @private
  * @param {Intl.DateTimeFormat} timeFormat
@@ -212,7 +222,7 @@ export function makeFastStartEnd(ev, hd, location, timeFormat) {
     const begin = makeTimedEvent(hd, sunset, 'Fast begins', ev, timeFormat);
     return [begin, null];
   } else if (desc === 'Tish\'a B\'Av') {
-    const end = makeTimedEvent(hd, zmanim.tzeit(7.083), 'Fast ends', ev, timeFormat);
+    const end = makeTimedEvent(hd, zmanim.tzeit(TZEIT_3MEDIUM_STARS), 'Fast ends', ev, timeFormat);
     return [null, end];
   }
   const dawn = zmanim.alotHaShachar();
@@ -220,7 +230,7 @@ export function makeFastStartEnd(ev, hd, location, timeFormat) {
   if (dt.getDay() === 5 || (hd.getDate() === 14 && hd.getMonth() === months.NISAN)) {
     return [begin, null];
   }
-  const end = makeTimedEvent(hd, zmanim.tzeit(7.083), 'Fast ends', ev, timeFormat);
+  const end = makeTimedEvent(hd, zmanim.tzeit(TZEIT_3MEDIUM_STARS), 'Fast ends', ev, timeFormat);
   return [begin, end];
 }
 
@@ -239,3 +249,20 @@ function makeTimedEvent(hd, time, desc, ev, timeFormat) {
   }
   return new TimedEvent(hd, desc, ev.getFlags(), time, formatTime(timeFormat, time), ev);
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Makes a candle-lighting event for Chankah (not on Friday/Saturday)
+ * @private
+ * @param {Event} ev
+ * @param {HDate} hd
+ * @param {Location} location
+ * @param {Intl.DateTimeFormat} timeFormat
+ * @return {TimedEvent}
+ */
+export function makeWeekdayChanukahCandleLighting(ev, hd, location, timeFormat) {
+  const zmanim = new Zmanim(hd.greg(), location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude());
+  const candleLightingTime = zmanim.tzeit(TZEIT_3MEDIUM_STARS);
+  // const candleLightingTime = zmanim.sunset();
+  return makeTimedEvent(hd, candleLightingTime, ev.getDesc(), ev, timeFormat);
+}
diff --git a/src/candles.spec.js b/src/candles.spec.js
index 1ae3f1f..63081c8 100644
--- a/src/candles.spec.js
+++ b/src/candles.spec.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test('candles-only-diaspora', (t) => {
     candlelighting: true,
   };
   const events = HebrewCalendar.calendar(options);
-  t.is(events.length, 126);
+  t.is(events.length, 120);
   t.is(events[0].getFlags(), flags.LIGHT_CANDLES);
   t.is(events[0].render(), 'Candle lighting: 16:10');
   t.is(events[0].getDesc(), 'Candle lighting');
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ test('candles-only-israel', (t) => {
     candlelighting: true,
   };
   const events = HebrewCalendar.calendar(options);
-  t.is(events.length, 123);
+  t.is(events.length, 117);
   t.is(events[0].getFlags(), flags.LIGHT_CANDLES, 'Candle lighting 0');
   t.is(events[33].getFlags(), flags.CHAG | flags.YOM_TOV_ENDS | flags.IL_ONLY, 'Havdalah in Israel on Pesach VII');
 });
@@ -338,3 +338,22 @@ test('fastStartEnd-9av', (t) => {
   ];
   t.deepEqual(events.map(eventTitleDateTime), expected);
 });
+
+test('no-chanukah-candles-when-noHolidays', (t) => {
+  const options = {
+    candlelighting: true,
+    noHolidays: true,
+    start: new Date(2020, 11, 9),
+    end: new Date(2020, 11, 19),
+    location: Location.lookup('Seattle'),
+  };
+  const events = HebrewCalendar.calendar(options);
+  const expected = [
+    {date: '2020-12-11', time: '15:59', desc: 'Candle lighting'},
+    {date: '2020-12-12', time: '17:10', desc: 'Havdalah'},
+    {date: '2020-12-18', time: '16:01', desc: 'Candle lighting'},
+    {date: '2020-12-19', time: '17:12', desc: 'Havdalah'},
+  ];
+  const actual = events.map(eventTitleDateTime);
+  t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
+});
diff --git a/src/hebcal.js b/src/hebcal.js
index e0a12f1..ae425cb 100644
--- a/src/hebcal.js
+++ b/src/hebcal.js
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function getMaskFromOptions(options) {
             LIGHT_CANDLES | LIGHT_CANDLES_TZEIS | CHANUKAH_CANDLES;
   }
   if (options.candlelighting) {
-    mask |= LIGHT_CANDLES | LIGHT_CANDLES_TZEIS | CHANUKAH_CANDLES;
+    mask |= LIGHT_CANDLES | LIGHT_CANDLES_TZEIS;
   }
   // suppression of defaults
   if (options.noRoshChodesh) {