So last night was my first day of my first Hanukkah ever. (I will be using “Hanukkah” in my English writing and “Chanukah” when I write in Hebrew transliteration. Just sayin’.) My Jewish best friend came over, helped me get through errands that I couldn’t avoid, made a fabulous...
Celebrated over eight days and nights, Hanukkah commemorates a people’s uprising and holy miracle from more than 2,000 years ago.
Usually on Hanukkah we read the story of the Maccabees and the miracle of the oil, but I've long wanted to produce a play that presents the story in dramatic form. Writing the story proved a little more challenging than the Purim play that I had written previously. It took 3 years for...
The lighting of the menorah, known in Hebrew as the hanukiya, is the most important Hanukkah tradition. A menorah is a candlestand with nine branches. Usually eight candles – one for each day of Hanukkah – are of the same height, with a taller one in the middle, the shamash ("servan...
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Hebrew ḥănukkāh dedication The first known use of Hanukkah was in 1843 Hanukkah儿童词典英英释义 hate1 of 2noun strong dislike something or someone that is hated hate2 of 2verb to feel strong dislike toward hates his country's enemies ...
Hanukkah in Biblical Hebrew חנכה The name Hanukkah: Summary Meaning Inauguration, Dedication Etymology From the rootחנך(hanak), to inaugurate or train. Related names • Viaחנך(hanak):Enoch,Hacaliah,Hanoch The name Hanukkah in the Bible ...
More Than Just Painting (Although that is always THE favorite in our classroom!) Dreidel Letters Hang up the Hebrew letters from the dreidel on the wall near your easel. Your children can try to create them! Provide large and small brushes!
Made of copious amounts of flour, sugar, oil, and jelly, these doughnuts – known in Hebrew as sufganiyot – differ from the Dunkin’ Donuts-esque fare familiar to those who come from the old country and have a vast and extensive mythos in the Jewish tradition. ...
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