Hanukkah

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Hanukkah

• The Festival of Lights

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When is Hanukkah?

• Celebrated for eight days and nights
• Starts on the 25 of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar
  (November or December on the Gregorian calendar)
• Hanukkah means dedication
• The holiday commemorates the rededication of the
  holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Jews 165
  B.C.E. victory over the Hellenist Syrians.

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The Menorah

• On each night of Hanukkah, the menorah is lit to
  commemorate a miracle which occurred after the
  Jews proclaimed victory over the Syrian armies in
  165 B.C.E.
• When Jews came to rededicate the Temple-which had
  been defiled by the Syrians they found only one
  small flask of oil with which to light the
  menorah. Although the flask contained only
  enough oil for one day the lamp burned for eight
  days.

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There Are Many Different Spellings of Hanukkah

• Chanuka Chanukah Chanukkah Channukah
• Hanukah Hannukah Hanukkah Hanuka
• Hanukka Hanaka Haneka Hanika Khanukkah

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Latkes

• Most Hanukkah dishes use oil
• Oil reminds us of the oil which burned eight days
  instead of one.
• Latkes are potato pancakes made from grated
  potatoes mixed with eggs, onions, and flour, then
  fried in vegetable oil. They are served hot and
  often dipped in apple sauce or sour cream

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Dreidel

• The dreidel (spinner) is a four-sided spinning
  top with a Hebrew letter inscribed on each side.
  Before spinning each player places a fixed
  amount of the coin or candy in the kitty
• During the rule of Antiochus before the
  Maccabees revolt, soldiers executed any Jews
  caught practicing their religion
• When Pious Jews gathered to study the Torah, they
  had the top ready in case they heard soldiers
  approaching. They would hide the holy scriptures
  and pretend to play with the dreidel

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Happy Hanukkah
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