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Although Hanukkah is considered a minor Jewish holiday, Its proximity to Christmas gives it weight. The “Festival of Lights” helped link American Jews to their Christian neighbors while still ...
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is joyfully celebrated by Jewish people around the world. Corresponding with the lunisolar calendar, the holiday dates change each year (typically ...
Hanukkah celebrates the victory of a small group of Jewish rebels over an enormous Greek army to defend their heritage, and a miraculously long-lasting flame that continues to serve as a symbol of ...
Ma'oz Tzur" (Hebrew: מָעוֹז צוּר, romanized: Māʾōz Ṣūr) is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut. It is written in Hebrew, and is sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The hymn is named for its Hebrew incipit, which means "Strong Rock (of my Salvation)" and is a name or epithet for God in Judaism. It ...
Happy Hanukkah! Here's what you need to know about the Jewish holiday including when it is, what it means and more.
The Hebrew version is a literal translation from the original scroll written in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic. [2] It is written in a formal style that aped the language the Targum Onkelos. It was written between the 2nd and 5th centuries, most likely in the 2nd century. [3] The Hebrew version dates to the 7th century. [4]
[9] [10] [11] Common elements of this secular Christmas festival and its influence on the Hanukkah festival among Jews were a Hanukkah tree or Hanukkah bush as a counterpart to the Christmas tree, the Hanukkah Man, who, as a counterpart to Santa Claus, brought the presents for the children, or the Hanukkah calendar with eight flaps. [12]
Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 164 B.C. of a group of Jewish people (the Maccabees) over the Syrian Greeks, who had been occupying the Land of Israel since before 167 B.C.