Hanukkah is coming! :o

[kobi626]

YEY! Hanukkah is coming more few weeks! w00t! (yes i'm Jewish live in Israel)

Don't you know what is Hanukkah?
Wonder why the furni "Menorah" is called like that?
I'll explain.

In English the Hanukkah called "Passover".

Holiday Description :Hanukkah, which means "dedication" and is also referred to as "The Festival of Lights", is a Jewish festival which begins on the Hebrew date of the 25th of Kislev and lasts eight days, through the 2nd of Tevet. This year, that corresponds to November 30th through December 7th. Hannukah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees (led by Judah) over the Hellenistic Syrians in a revolt that took place.

The victory in itself was considered a miracle, but Jewish legend gives an additional explanation for Hanukkah rituals, explained below. Once the Temple Mount in Jerusalem had been reclaimed, the Temple had to be rededicated. According to legend, only one jar of sacramental oil was found, enough for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days, thus the eight days of Hanukkah.

The most important Hanukkah ritual is the candle lighting. Jews light candles in a special candleholder called a "menorah" or a "hanukkiah". Each night, one more candle is added. The middle candle, called the "shamash", is used to light each of the other candles and it is lit every night. Therefore, on the first night of Hanukkah, two candles are lit (the shamash and the candle for the first night) and on the last night, there are nine lit candles.

It is traditional to eat foods fried in oil during Hanukkah. Some common foods are potato latkes and "sufganiot" (jelly doughnuts).

Traditional holiday's Pictures:

The "Menorah":


Spinning top:
(the kids spin at the holiday, and celebrating the "miracle that was here")


"Sufganiot" (jelly doughnuts)


"Levivot" (potato latkes)


That's all! Tasty, yummy and nice Hannukkah to you all!
Love, Kobi.

[ross]

I did this in religious, woot. Happy Hannukkah to you too!

Have fun.

[GJay]

I studied the Hanukkah a few years ago. It was really interesting to learn. Have a great Hanukkah

[kobi626]

I did this in religious, woot. Happy Hannukkah to you too!

Have fun.

lol Thx ! But it's coming more like 3 weeks

[stephen-]

Happy Hanukkah! Most of my friends didnt even know what hanukkah was but I did as I am not religiously iggnorant

[GJay]

yeah i've decided not to have any religion but I accept others obviously

[stephen-]

Im Christian myself but I like other religions (escpecially budhism)

[GJay]

budhism...you kinda have ur own freedom or something. I forget. But isn't that the one where u decide when ur prayer and who u worship etc.

[kobi626]

Cool... I like the Christians holidays. Allthough i'm not celebrating them for being a Jew

[GJay]

lol. The thing I'd miss if i wasn't Christian is the christmas tree. I love our xmas tree but we're not having our big one up this xmas because we've run out of space in our living room. So we're getting my lil one down and sitting it on a small desk.