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 "dedicati...
Yes, absolutely. Chanukah (Hanukkah) is another man-made celebration. It commemorates the Jewish rebellion against the punishment the Lord inflicted on them because of their rebellion. That’s adding sin to sin. It is certainly NOT a solemn feast or festival of the Lord. And because Jesus was...
What's Your Aliyah Story? The Forgotten True Meaning of Chanukah Chanukah is not simply another Jewish holiday where “They tried to kill us. We won. Let’s eat.” Yes, the extraordinary Maccabean victory over the Greek-Macedonian Empire should be celebrated. The miracle of finding pure ...
SAN DIEGO –“Happy Holidays?”“Happy Chanukah?”“Chag Sameach?”“Merry Christmas?” How to greet people is always a discussion as December rolls around. I really didn’t know what Christmas was until I started kindergarten since I would hear it so often in the stores and in public scho...
Hannukah, Hanuka, Chanuka, Chanukah, etc. So, sometimes there is an “h” at the end of a word, sometimes not (hashgafah, hashgafa– same word). Sometimes an “s” at the end can be a “t” (Shabbos, Shabbat– same thing). When you’re trying to find a word, just find the...
There’s a much more steady decrease after that, down to the least most viewed: two placeholder/interludes and my cool story about George and the Dragon which was actually pretty good and deserves more than the measly 38 views it had. That is of course, if anything deserves anything which...
Eli Zabar gives Zagat a tour of his holiday bakery and preparations for the 2016 holiday season, with an inside look at his Jelly Donuts for Chanukah (PDF) November, 2016 Eli's Night Shift took home first place and crowned Best Bar on UES for 2016 Love New York Awards (PDF) Novembe...
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” (אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו) over matters that are explicitly rabbinic commands, such as reciting Hallel on festivals, lighting Chanukah candles, or reading the Megillah. We even recite it on practices that are purely customs, such as ...
celebrating the toys of our youth, which often made for the best memories this time of year. You’ll be hearing from comics creators, regular13th Dimensioncontributors and more.Click hereto check out the complete index of stories — and have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah and Happy ...