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Hanukkah Quotes "The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light —in a little cruse — lasted as long as they say; but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day ...
Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. While not as overtly holy a Jewish holiday as Passover or Yom Kippur, Hanukkah has been embraced by the Western world as an often blue-and-white answer ...
Psalms 113–118, recited as a prayer of praise and thanksgiving on Jewish holidays. Hallel is said in one of two forms: Full Hallel and Partial Hallel. Shir shel yom: שיר של יום Daily psalm. Each day has a different chapter to be said. There are also special chapters to be said on some special days. Ein Keloheinu: אין ...
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with these heartfelt Hanukkah greetings.
This form of greeting was traditional among the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. The appropriate response is "Aleichem Shalom" (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or "Upon you be peace." (cognate with the Arabic-language "assalamu alaikum" meaning "The peace [of ] be upon you.)" L'hitraot: לְהִתְרָאוֹת
A religious exemption is a legal privilege that exempts members of a certain religion from a law, regulation, or requirement. Religious exemptions are often justified as a protection of religious freedom, and proponents of religious exemptions argue that complying with a law against one's faith is a greater harm than complying against a law that one otherwise disagrees with due to a fear of ...
Happy Hanukkah! Here's what you need to know about the Jewish holiday including when it is, what it means and more.
Hanukkah is one of the most popular Jewish religious observances, but has different dates each year. While Christians celebrate Christmas every year on Dec. 25, Jews can celebrate Hanukkah as ...