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Hanukkah

The festival of lights, as it is often called, is a celebration of both Jewish spiritual values and the triumph of the Jews over the armies of Antiochus IV.

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How are Hanukkah and shabbat different?

Hanukkah is an eight day festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees in the 2nd Century BCE. Shabbat is the weekly sabbath, or rest day, marking the day on which G-d rested following the Creation.

Why is Hanukkah celebrated in winter?

Chanukah, and all other Jewish holidays go by the Jewish calendar months. Chanukah takes place on the 25th of the month of Kislev, which coincides with our months of November or December.

The holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple, after it was destroyed by the Syrian-Greeks in the 2nd century BCE. That event occurred in the month of Kislev, which is why the holiday is celebrated when it is today.

What are the lyrcs to dreidel dreidel dreidel you made it out of clay?

Dreidel dreidel dreidel,

I made it out of clay,

and when it's dry and ready,

then dreidel I shall play.

How long was the war between the Jews and the Greeks that caused Hanukkah?

The Hanukkah-miracle happened after three years of fighting, but the battles continued on and off for an additional 25 years.

What are the lyrics to Hanukkah Night?

On this festive,

Night of Hanukkah

We remember days of long ago,

So together,

Light the candles,

Share the warmth of the fire lights glow,

Winter night.. candle light

Moments we will long remember,

Stories told,

For all to share.

Songs and laughter fill the air-

Dai dai dai

Diggah dai dai dai

dai dai dai dai dai

dai dai dai digga dai dai dai dai dai

dai dai

And we celebrate dance and sing on this cold mid winter night

Friends and family

Gather here

On this festival of light

(repeat of dai's x2)

What do the sides of the dreidel mean?

The dreidel has 4 sides with 4 Hebrew letters. In Israel, the letters are Nun, Gimmel, Hey, and Peh. This stands for the Hebrew "Nes Gadol Hayah Poh", translated as "a great miracle happened here". On dreidel's outside of Israel the Peh is replaced with a Shin changing it to "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham" or "a great miracle happened there".

Which famous people have celebrated Hanukkah?

Most Jewish celebrities have celebrated Hanukkah.

A few names are:

Aaron Himelstein

Adam Brody

Adam Pascal

Adam Sandler

Adiel Stein

Adrien Brody

Albert Einstein

Alex Borstein

Alex D. Linz

Alex Wolff

Alexander Gould

Alicia Silverstone

Alisan Porter

Alison Brie

Alla Korot

Alyson Hannigan

Amanda Bynes

Amanda Peet

Amber Benson

Andrew Garfield

Andy Samberg

Anton Yelchin

Ari Graynor

Arianne Zuker

Ashley Peldon

Ashley Tisdale

B. J. Novak

Bahar Soomekh

Bar Refaeli

Barbra Streissand

Barry Manilow

Becky Griffin

Ben Feldman

Ben Foster

Ben Savage

Binyamin Netanyahu

Brooke Burke

Bryan Greenberg

Caprice Bourret

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Chelsea Handler

Chris Kattan

Claudia Black

Cole Hauser

Corey Feldman

Corey Haim

Courtney Peldon

Dani Behr

Daniel Radcliffe

Danny Strong

Daphne Rosen

Daryl Sabara

David Arquette

David Charvet

David Krumholtz

Dianna Agron

Donna Feldman

Drake

Dustin Diamond

Eli Marienthal

Eli Roth

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Berkley

Elon Gold

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Emmy Rossum

Eric Cantor

Erin Daniels

Esti Ginzburg

Eva Green

Evan Rachel Wood

Ezra Miller

Flora Cross

Fred Savage

Gabriel Macht

Gal Gadot

Gideon Glick

Ginnifer Goodwin

Gregg Sulkin

Gwyneth Paltrow

Iddo Goldberg

Idina Menzel

Ione Skye

Isla Fisher

Jake Epstein

Jake Goldsbie

Jake Gyllenhaal

James Callis

James Franco

James Maslow

Jamie Luner

Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Jason Fuchs

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Segel

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Westfeldt

Jenny Slate

Jeremy Ferdman

Jessalyn Gilsig

Jesse Eisenberg

Joaquin Phoenix

Joey Zimmerman

John Safran

Jon Foster

Jonah Bobo

Jonah Hill

Jonathan Lipnicki

Jonathan Tucker

Jordan (Katie Price)

Jordana Spiro

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Josh Charles

Josh Peck

Josh Radnor

Julian Morris

Juliet Landau

Justin Bartha

Justin Berfield

Kat Dennings

Kate Hudson

Katerina Graham

Kevin Sussman

Kevin Weisman

Khleo Thomas

Lara Sacher

Laura Prepon

Lauren Collins

Lauren Storm

Leah Remini

Lindsay Sloane

Lisa Kushell

Lizzy Caplan

Logan Lerman

Mageina Tovah

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Siff

Mara Wilson

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Mark Feuerstein

Marla Sokoloff

Matt Cohen

Matt Lucas

Matt Stone

Matt Weinberg

Maya Rudolph

Mayim Bialik

Meital Dohan

Melanie Laurent

Melanie Peres

Mia Kirshner

Michael Ian Black

Michael Lucas

Michael Rosenbaum

Michael Showalter

Michael Welch

Michal Yannai

Michelle Trachtenberg

Mila Kunis

Mili Avital

Nat Wolff

Natalie Portman

Natasha Lyonne

Neil Diamond

Nikki Reed

Nikki Ziering

Ninet Tayeb

Noah Wyle

Oded Fehr

Oliver Hudson

Rachel Bilson

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Weisz

Rafi Gavron

Rain Phoenix

Rashida Jones

Raviv (Ricky) Ullman

Rebekah Kochan

River Phoenix

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

Robert Kazinsky

Romola Garai

Sacha Baron Cohen

Samantha Harris

Sandy Bar

Sara Gilbert

Sara Paxton

Sarah Brown

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Ramos

Sarah Saltzberg

Sarah Silverman

Scarlett Johansson

Scott Mechlowicz

Scott Weinger

Selma Blair

Seth Green

Seth Rogen

Shane Kippel

Shayna Fox

Shia LaBeouf

Shiri Appleby

Shiri Maimon

Simon Rex

Soleil Moon Frye

Stacey Farber

Summer Phoenix

Tamara Braun

Tara Strong

Tori Spelling

Will Janowitz

Winona Ryder

Zach Braff

Zachary Gordon

Zena Grey

Zoe Weizenbaum

What are some good Hanukkah jokes?

Stan and John are walking to school one day and Stan is describing his new Playstation 2 to John. "Where did you get that?" John asked "I got it last night for Hanukkah," said Stan. "What's Hanukkah?" John asked.

"It's the Jewish holiday where we get presents every night for eight nights to celebrate the festival of lights."

"Wow, I wish we got that!" John exclaimed. The next day on the way to school John runs up to Stan, curious to see what he got. He sees that Stan is upset, "What's wrong? Where's your present from last night?" asks John.

Stan holds up a ball of crumpled wrapping paper, "It was leftovers night."

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My mother once gave me two sweaters for Hanukkah. The next time we visited, I made sure to wear one.

As we entered her home, instead of the expected smile, she said, "What's the matter? You didn't, like the other one?"

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Dear Darling Son and That Person You Married,

Happy Chanukah to you, and please don't worry. I'm just fine considering I can't breathe or eat. The important thing is that you have a nice holiday, thousands of miles away from your ailing mother. I've sent along my last ten dollars in this card, which I hope you'll spend on my grandchildren. G-d knows their mother never buys them anything nice. They look so thin in their pictures, poor babies.

Thank you so much for the birthday flowers, dear boy. I put them in the freezer so they'll stay fresh for my grave. Which reminds me -- we buried Grandma last week. I know she died years ago, but I got to yearning for a good funeral, so Aunt Berta and I dug her up and had the services all over again. I would have invited you, but I know that woman you live with would have never let you come. I bet she's never even watched that videotape of my hemorrhoid surgery, has she?

Well son, it's time for me to crawl off to bed now. I lost my cane beating off muggers last week, but don't you worry about me. I'm also getting used to the cold since they turned my heat off and am grateful because the frost on my bed numbs the constant pain. Now don't you even think about sending any more money, because I know you need it for those expensive family vacations you take every year. Give my love to my darling grand-babies and my regards to whatever-her-name-is -- the one with the black roots who stole you screaming from my bosom.

Happy Chanukah,

What religion is Hanukkah part of?

It is part of the Jewish religion (celebrated by Jews)

What type of oil is used in a 1992 Volvo 240 gl?

Depends on where you live. (The temperature actually...)

Cool:

Low-30(C)- High 20C - 5w/30

Low-22(F) - High 68(F) - 5w/30

Average:

Low-20(C)- High 40(c) - 10w/30

Low-04(F)- High 104(f) - 10w/30

Hot:

Low-15(C)- High 40+(C) 15w/40

Low 15(F) - High 110+(F) 15w/40

Is Harry the Hanukkah fairy real?

No. This is a character from a Saturday Night Live sketch in 1989. It was a spoof of Santa, and has no basis in Judaism.

How many letters are on a dreidel?

four. The dreidle is a square top with a letter on each side. The letters stand for "A Great Miracle Happened There".

What prayer do you say when you light a menorah on sabbath?

If you are talking about a Hanukkah menorah (also called a Chanukiah), then you would light the Chanukiah first, and say the 2 hanukkah blessings (3 if it's the first night).

Then you would light the Shabbat candles and say the blessing over the shabbat candles.

What group defeated the Syrians in the Hanukkah story?

The group that defeated the Syrians was the Maccabees. The defeat took place during the Maccabean revolt between 167 and 160 BCE in Judea.

Did ancient Hebrews eat latkes?

No. Latkes are a European creation that came more than a thousand years after the Jews were expelled from Israel by the Romans.