Hanukkah
The festival of lights, as it is often called, is a celebration of both Jewish spiritual values and the triumph of the Jews over the armies of Antiochus IV.
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AdamlanceNine. This is why it is called a hanukkiah, not a Menorah. The Menorah has seven branches. The Haunkkiah has nine in memory of...
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There are about 6 million Jews in America as of 2011, and not all of them celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, so the...
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There are two forms of the Menorah. Chanukah Menorah After the destruction of the temple someone found some oil and a lamp....
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Hanukkah is celebrated in the home.
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Nine candles 8, as many days as the holiday lasts.
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Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus and lasts for 1 day. Hanukkah is an 8 day Jewish holiday that...
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Hanukkah gifts can be anything.Some families exchange presents, and some do not. Gift giving is most common among American and...
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The 3 Hanukkah blessings are only for candle lighting, there are no others. When you light the candles you say: "Ba-ruch A-tah...
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The word Halloween is a corruption of the name All Hallows Eve.
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The main "event" of Hanukkah is the evening candle lighting. (Every night of the 8 nights of Hanukkah the menorah is lit with one...
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Most of Judaic history commemorates.."They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat." As with most other celebrations, this one...
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The last day of Chanukah is called זאת חנוכה - Zot Chanukah. Zot Chanukah literally means "this is Chanukah' and refers...
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Hanukah is celebtrated in all countries where Jews live.
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It begins sundown on December 4 and lasts until sundown on December 12, 2007. For 2008, it beings on December 21; for 2009, it...
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Latkes are potato pancakes prepared for Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday that in addition to other things, celebrates the 'miracle of...
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A menorah is like a strait candelabra, with nine holes (one of those nine is for the Shammash, the tall candle, so there are...
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Hanukkah in Argentina is no different than Hanukkah in America or Europe, since the majory of Argentinian Jews came from Europe...
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Channukah is also called The Festival of Lights.
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Chanuka celebrate the Jewish victory over Greek occupation and oppression in the year 165 BCE. To celebrate this victory we...
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The spinning top played with during Hanukkah is called a dreidel - דריידל in Yiddish and a Sevivon - סביבון - in...
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Hanukkah is celebrated by Jews in every country where they live.
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Hanukkah, meaning "dedication" also called "The Festival of L ights", is a Jewish festival which begins on the Hebrew date of...
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There are no traditional Hanukkah costumes. The only time Jews wear costumes is on Purim.
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There isn't a real Hanuka meal but any big feast in chanuka by Jewish law could be holy.
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The first day of Hanukkah in 2009 was on Saturday, December 12, meaning the first candle to be lit was on Friday night, December...
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Usually after the lighting of the candles, in the evenings, but there is no rule.Some families exchange presents, and some do...
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Hanukkah begins at sunset on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. You should light your first candle this night.
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Hanukkah begins at sunset on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 and ends at sunset on Wednesday, December 28, 2011.
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If Christmas is a 1 day holiday: 8 x 1 / 5 = 1.6If Christmas is a 12 day holiday:8 x 12 / 5 = 19.2
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The star is not a customary Hanukkah symbol.
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Hanukkah began on Monday December 11 in 1944. This means that the first candle was lit on Sunday evening, Dec 10.
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Hanukkah is also called the "Festival of Lights". Hanukkah can be spelled various ways in English, such as; Hanukkah Hanukka...
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Hanukkah (חנוכה) means "dedication" or "rededication". It is the name of a Jewish holiday that is also called "The festival...
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Hanukkah (חנוכה) means "dedication"
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A Channukiah - it has 9 branches.
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There are no special clothes worn during Channukah.
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Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, lasts eight days.
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No. Hanukkah is not a strictly religious holiday, because it commemorates the Maccabean War of 165 BCE between the Jews and the...
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The Hindu Festival of lights is Deepavali or Diwali. The Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights is Hanukkah (Channukah)....
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pictupres of chanukiyas that an 8 branched candelabrum or pictures ofdreidels there all sorts
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The Chanukkah Menorah, is used to represent the 8 days when the oil in the temple that didn't go out, but was supposed to only...
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There's no such thing as a "feast of Chanukah", thought it is sometimes called the Festival of Chanukah, or the Festival of...
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The Shemah goes in the middle , and you add one candle each day starting from the left.
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There are no special garments for Hanukkah; people dress the way they always do. Some people will dress festively for the candle...
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On the Jewish calendar it start on the 25th day of kislev. This corresponds to different dates on the Gregorian calendar but is...
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The last day of of Hanukkah in 2010 is December 9th. The last candle light in which 8 candles are lit is Wednesday night December...
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means that the Greeks burn all the ghost and goblins and saved the world and each candle represents the ghosts that were killed.
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Some families exchange presents, and some do not. Gift giving is most common among American and Canadian Jews, but it's a custom...
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The name of the middle candle on the Menorah is called a Shamash - with the "a" being pronounced as in "hush" and the stress...
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You can eat pomegranates any day of the year, including the 8 days of Hanukkah. Traditionally they are used on Rosh Hashana -...
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Hanukkah is the celebration of the Jewish victory over the militarily superior Greeks, as they attempted to subjugate the Jews...
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Because one of the key parts of celebrating Channukah is lighting candles each night to remember the miracle of the oil during...
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Yes, Seattle has a menorah lighting every year.
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Most people think Kwanzaa is and African holiday, but it actually started in North America, and is predominantly celebrated by...
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There isn't any. Hanukkah commemorates the Maccabean war, which occurred in 165 BCE, which was AFTER the Hebrew scriptures were...
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The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah commemorates the Maccabean War of 165 BCE. It celebrates the victory of the Jews over the...
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Hanukkah or Chanukah literally means re-dedication. Many people who aren't Jewish blindly assume we celebrate Chanukkah solely...
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Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabean war, of about 165 BCE, however there is no recorded reference to the holiday...
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Hanukkah or Chanukah = חנוכהThe word means "dedication".
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The MacabeisIt's spelled Maccabees, I think.
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There's no such thing as a "feast of Channukah". Channukah is one of the most minor holidays in Judaism and is a remembrance of a...
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About 150 years after the death of Alexander the Great, a king named Antiochus declared that everyone in his empire had to think...
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Perhaps, but we don't know. In John 10:22-24 the Bible says: 22At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem....
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Felix Hanukkah.
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Hanukkah celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd Century BCE following the Maccabean Revolt and a...
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Hanukkah is not a synagogue holiday. It is celebrated in the home. However, Jewish people who attend synagogue regularly for the...
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The synagogue is not used in the celebration of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a minor festival, celebrated at home.
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Some families exchange presents, and some do not. Gift giving is most common among American and Canadian Jews, but it's a custom...
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Because Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday, it doesn't vary much from country to country. The major difference is that gift-giving is...
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Some families exchange presents, and some do not. Gift giving is most common among American and Canadian Jews, but it's a custom...
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Jews don't celebrate Christmas so there's no need to give us Christmas presents. If the person who's Jewish is a friend, they...
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merry christmas and thanks for being the best parents ever
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usually it is lit in the home but displayed prominently in a window.
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It started on the evening of December 20th.
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four. The dreidle is a square top with a letter on each side. The letters stand for "A Great Miracle Happened There".
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The Chanukah menora - or chanukiyah - is lit every night over eight nights of Chanukah. First, set up your oil wicks/candles:...
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It's celebrated the same as it is outside of Israel, except that Hanukkiot are displayed publicly all over the country, and there...
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Christmas is the Christian celebration of their God. Channukah celebrates a military victory against a people that attempted to...
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There are no traditional colors for Hanukkah. But because of Influence by Christmas (namely the fact the Christmas has...
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The custom of gift giving on Hanukkah is relatively new. It began in the U.S. around the 1950's and 1960's. It is not a...
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We light the Menorah (an eight-branched candelabra) each evening of Chanukah at around sunset. On the first night, we light a...
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On Hanuka, Jews light the menorah, and many eat oily foods, latkes- Potato pancakes, and Sufganiyot - Jelly filled doughnuts. And...
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Hanukkah is one of the few Jewish holidays that is not instituted in the Torah. It commemorates a post-biblical event: the...
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No, Channukah and Christmas are not similar in any sense. While Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Christ,...
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Since gift-giving on Hanukkah is a recent tradition (only a few decades old), it doesn't matter what type of present is given.
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it is always on the 25 day of Kislev the ninth month in the Jewish calendar it ether falls out to be in the end of November or...
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The answer is "Encaenia" or "Encenia."Interestingly, it turns out that the only person that the Bible depicts observing Hanukkah...
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Several religions have important holidays called the Festival of Lights. In Judaism, the Festival of Lights is another name for...
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It is traditional to eat fried foods on Chanuka, due to the fact that the festival marks a miracle that happened in the Jewish...
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Hanukkah is just a Romanization of the Hebrew word חנוכה. There are many ways to spell it, the most unique one being...
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Logically, on the Feast of Hanukkah, the date of which varies from year to year, but is usually early to mid-December.
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No. The Jewish New Year, known as 'Rosh Hashanah', occurs at or just before the beginning of autumn, and is extensively...
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Harmonica VeronicaSanta Monicadepends how you pronounce it - "ik-ah" or "oo-kah"(ik-ah) angelica Antarctica arnica ...
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