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Hanukkah is celebrated in the home, where the menorah is lit, the blessings and songs are sung, the traditional foods are eaten, and the children receive Hanukkah gelt (coins) and play with the dreidel. In the synagogue services, special prayers and a Torah-reading are added to the regular weekday prayers.
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What country does Hanukkah take place in?
Hanukkah takes place in any country where there are Jewish people to celebrate it, which includes most of the countries of the world.
Where Jewish kids go for Hanukkah?
Any place that celebrates Hanukkah, or they celebrate at home.
How many people live in Hanukkah?
The entire Jewish population, almost without exception. There are currently about 520,000 Jews living in Jerusalem.
Where do Hanukkah celebrations take place?
Hanukkah celebrations take place anywhere there are Jewish people. It is most commonly celebrated in the home.
How many people celebrate Hanukkah?
Oh, dude, like, millions of people celebrate Hanukkah worldwide. It's a pretty big deal in the Jewish community, you know? So, yeah, lots of latkes, dreidels, and menorahs lighting up the place during that time of year. It's like a whole festival of lights situation.
Why do people not celebrate Hanukkah?
"Instead" implies that one thing is replacing another or that the two are corollaries of one-another. This is not the case. Jews celebrate Hanukkah contemporaneously with Christmas, but these holidays are different in celebration, meaning, and purpose. They have nothing in common other than that they are both in December.Religious Jews ignore Christmas; it is simply not something of any importance to them in much the same way that Christians ignore Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, or Diwali (which are Jewish, Islamic, and Hindu holidays) because they are not relevant to their tradition. Jews hold that their savior is not yet born, so it would be improper to celebrate the birth of a false Messianic Candidate.
Why don't gentiles not celebrate Hanukkah?
Hanukkah commemorates a war between the Jews and the Syrian-Greeks. This war (which took place about 2200 years ago) doesn't necessarily have any meaning to Gentiles. It also marks the miracle of the oil, which took place in the Jewish Temple.
Does Asia celebrate Hanukkah?
Interesting concept. We don't usually think of a 'Place' consumed by a celebration,unless the place is heavily ... almost exclusively ... populated by a single ethnic,religious, or cultural group, and that's definitely not true of Asia. What I'm saying is:Maybe the USA celebrates Thanksgiving and July 4th, but any other occasion I canthink of is actually celebrated by some group of people, not by a place.Jews celebrate Hanukkah, wherever they are.Virtually nobody else does, no matter where they are.
Where does Hanukkah currently take place?
The candle lighting usually takes place in the home. In the synagogue, special prayers are added to the usual daily services.
Why do christians only celebrate Christmas and Jews only Hanukkah?
Because Christmas is a Christian holiday, celebrating the birth of Jesus; while Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday, commemorating a war between the Jews and the Syrian-Greeks, and a miracle that took place in the Jewish Temple.
Is there a certain place that people go to celebrate Hanukkah?
Hanukkah is celebrated in the home and the synagogue.1) People light their menorah at home with olive oil or candles, every night at or after sundown with the customary blessings and songs, adding one candle for every day until on the 8th evening 8 candles are lit. In Israel, many people light their menorahs outside.2) Special Hanukkah additions are added to the prayer services:a) Al-hanisim ("regarding the miracles") in grace after meals and in the thrice daily prayersb) Hallel - the thanksgiving psalms during morning prayersc) Each day there is a special Torah reading3) A popular Hanukkah game is the "dreidel" game - a four sided top with Hebrew letters, which the children spin for coins or chocolate coins.4) Dairy products are customary.5) Foods prepared with oil: Latkes (pancakes), or Sufganiyot (jelly donuts).6) Giving out Hanukkah money (gelt) to children is an ancient custom. Other gift-giving is non-traditional.See also: How did Hanukkah start
In Hanukkah do people visit a place of worship?
Jews pray in synagogues every day of the year.
