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The Torah discusses the lighting of the Temple menorah in a number of verses. Leviticus 24:2 specifies that pure olive oil must be used to light the menorah. While Exodus 25:37 and Numbers 8:2–3 speak of seven lights being lit, Exodus 27:20–21 and Leviticus 24:2 specifies that a single "light" must be lit "continually", and must burn "from evening to morning".
Mattathias's story is related in the deuterocanonical book of 1 Maccabees and in the writings of Josephus. Mattathias is accorded a central role in the story of Hanukkah and, as a result, is named in the Al HaNissim prayer Jews add to the Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals) and the Amidah during the festival's eight days.
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]
To honor Chanukah, at sundown for eight nights, one additional candle in a menorah is added going from right to left, akin to the direction of Hebrew writing. This is a great time to recite ...
When is Hanukkah 2023? Hanukkah begins at nightfall on Thursday, Dec. 7, and ends at nightfall on Friday, Dec. 15. Why do the dates for Hanukkah change every year?
A Hanukkah lamp from Lemberg in The Jewish Museum of New York [1]. A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [a] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Note: the fifth day of Chanukah never falls out on Shabbat. Any other day of Chanukah can occur on a weekday or Shabbat. Note: the maftir for the eighth day of Chanukah is the longest maftir of the year (40 verses). It is not read every year; it is only read when the first day and eighth day of the holiday both occur on Shabbat.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins is an American children's picture book written by Eric Kimmel and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman in 1989. [1] [2] It features the Jewish folk hero and trickster figure Hershel of Ostropol challenging and defeating through guile a series of goblins over the course of the eight nights of Hanukkah, culminating in a showdown with the King of the Goblins himself ...