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The eight nights of Hanukkah are thought by some to refer to another Jewish holiday that also lasts eight days. Some sch...
22/06/2022

The eight nights of Hanukkah are thought by some to refer to another Jewish holiday that also lasts eight days. Some scholars believe that the holiday has eight nights because it was a belated celebration of Sukkot, which had to be postponed because of war.

That said, a variation of the word "Chanukah" is found in the book of Numbers. The phrase "chanukat hamizbeach," or "ded...
22/06/2022

That said, a variation of the word "Chanukah" is found in the book of Numbers. The phrase "chanukat hamizbeach," or "dedication of the altar" appears in the story of Moses' dedication of the tabernacle—and, according to Chabad, the closest English translation of the word is "inauguration

While you'll find mentions of other Jewish holidays in the Torah, you won't find Hanukkah in there. According to Chabad,...
22/06/2022

While you'll find mentions of other Jewish holidays in the Torah, you won't find Hanukkah in there. According to Chabad, the events that took place on the first Hanukkah occurred nearly 1,000 years after the torah was written.

The most famous English language Hanukkah song, "I Have a Little Dreidel," was composed by Samuel E. Goldfarb, whose fam...
22/06/2022

The most famous English language Hanukkah song, "I Have a Little Dreidel," was composed by Samuel E. Goldfarb, whose family has significantly changed modern Jewish music. His brother, Rabbi Israel Goldfarb, composed the melody for "Shalom Aleichem," a traditional song sung on Shabbat

The Hebrew letters on the dreidel—nun, gimmel, hay, and shin—actually represent more than just the rules of the traditio...
22/06/2022

The Hebrew letters on the dreidel—nun, gimmel, hay, and shin—actually represent more than just the rules of the traditional top-spinning Hanukkah game. In fact, they're used as an acronym for "nes gadol hayah sham," or "a great miracle happened there," a Hebrew phrase used to describe the miracle of the oil's staying power

The biggest menorah in the world was built and lit in New York City at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street for Ha...
20/06/2022

The biggest menorah in the world was built and lit in New York City at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street for Hanukkah in 2017. The menorah stood 36 feet tall and weighed a whopping 4,000 pounds

Have you ever wondered why Hanukkah has more than one accepted spelling in English? Since the English language has no di...
20/06/2022

Have you ever wondered why Hanukkah has more than one accepted spelling in English? Since the English language has no direct equivalent to the letter "chet," with which the word Hanukkah begins in Hebrew, it's commonly spelled both Hanukkah and Chanukah in English to reflect the Hebrew letter's pronunciation.

According to the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, for many years, upper class Germans rejected the potato pancake, as potato...
20/06/2022

According to the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, for many years, upper class Germans rejected the potato pancake, as potatoes were considered a lower class food. It wasn't until the 1840s that the tradition of potato latkes caught on—and only following a crop failure that lessened the availability of grain and made potatoes a more common food throughout Europe

According to Chabad, the pancakes originally served during Hanukkah weren't made out potatoes—they were made out of chee...
20/06/2022

According to Chabad, the pancakes originally served during Hanukkah weren't made out potatoes—they were made out of cheese. The cheese once used in latkes was supposed to recall how Judith saved the Jews from Assyrian general Holofernes by first enticing him with a meal containing dairy and ultimately beheading him.

The same goes for potato pancakes, or latkes, which are traditionally eaten during the holiday. "These are foods that ar...
20/06/2022

The same goes for potato pancakes, or latkes, which are traditionally eaten during the holiday. "These are foods that are particularly saturated with oil, so they help us recall the miracle," explains Mason

Ever wondered why jelly donuts, or sufganiyot, are traditionally served at Hanukkah? Mason explains that fried foods, li...
14/06/2022

Ever wondered why jelly donuts, or sufganiyot, are traditionally served at Hanukkah? Mason explains that fried foods, like donuts, recall the original Hanukkah miracle of the oil burning for eight days

Some Jewish holidays, like Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, can only fall on certain days of the week to avoid coinciding w...
14/06/2022

Some Jewish holidays, like Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, can only fall on certain days of the week to avoid coinciding with the sabbath, Shabbat. However, Hanukkah has fewer limitations, and can begin on any day of the week except for Tuesday, according to Chabad. That's due to the fact that the month before Kislev, Cheshvan, can have either 29 or 30 days.

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