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| Happy Hanukkah!  |
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Hanukkah Hanukkah Several Hanukiyot on the eighth night of the festival. Official name Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה or חנוכה English translation: "Establishing/Dedication" (of the Temple in Jerusalem) Also called Festival of Lights, Festival of Dedication Observed by Jews Type Jewish Significance The Maccabees successfully rebelled against Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days. Begins 25 Kislev Ends 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet 2007 date sunset, December 4 to sunset, December 12 The first Day of Hanukkah 2007 is December 5. 2008 date sunset, December 21 to sunset, December 29 Celebrations Lighting candles each night in a Hanukkah menorah (or hanukkiyah). Singing special songs, such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting Hallel prayer. Eating festive meals and foods fried in oil, such as latkes and sufganiyot. Playing the dreidel game, and giving Hanukkah gelt Related to Purim, as a rabbinically decreed holiday. Grand Rabbi Israel Abraham Portugal of Skulen Hasidism lighting Hanukkah lights Grand Rabbi Israel Abraham Portugal of Skulen Hasidism lighting Hanukkah lights Hanukkah (Hebrew: חנוכה, alt. Chanukah or Hanukah), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd Century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the Hanukiah, or Hanukkah Menorah, one on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. An extra light called a shamash, (Hebrew: "guard" or "servant") is also lit each night, and is given a distinct location, usually higher or lower than the others. The purpose of the extra light is to adhere to the prohibition, specified in the Talmud (Tracate Shabbat 21b-23a), against using the Hanukkah lights for anything other than publicizing and meditating on the Hanukkah story. Hanukkah is mentioned in the deuterocanonical or apocrypha books of 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees. 1 Maccabees states: "For eight days they celebrated the rededication of the altar. Then Judah and his brothers and the entire congregation of Israel decreed that the days of the rededication...should be observed...every year...for eight days. (1 Mac.4:56-59)" According to 2 Maccabees, "the Jews celebrated joyfully for eight days as on the feast of Booths."
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13-Dec-2007, 12:31 PM
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 Thanks for that. So, today, it's officially over? And every year it changes dates........interesting.Not trying to be a smartarse or anything, just asking  |
13-Dec-2007, 12:38 PM
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13-Dec-2007, 12:41 PM
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| Well, yeah, after I posted, I did see that.......but, what's with the changing every year? I'm working on a big celebration here and need all the tips I can get |
13-Dec-2007, 12:44 PM
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