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Hanukkah traditions. Hanukkah is celebrated with a number of traditions, including: Lighting the menorah. On the eight nights of Hanukkah, people light a menorah, adding an extra candle each night ...
Why is Hanukkah celebrated? The holiday rededicates the Holy Temple in Jerusalem that was reclaimed by Judah and the Macabees and restored its menorah, or lamp. What are some Hanukkah traditions?
Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 and as late as Dec. 27. This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army.
Although it does often fall around the same time of year, Hanukkah is not just the Jewish equivalent of Christmas, even though this year, the dates do line up in rare form: Hanukkah begins ...
The White House Hanukkah Party is an annual reception held at the White House and hosted by the U.S. President and First Lady to recognize and celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. The tradition was established in 2001, during the administration of George W. Bush.
A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [a] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights (candles or oil lamps) that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ignited.
Celebrate Hanukkah with love, light and miracles all around. May your Hanukkah be sweet, peaceful and full of precious family moments. ... Wishing you a holiday filled with traditions, family and ...
Modern Jewish families in particular adopted elements of the Christmas tradition in the Hanukkah festival. For example, Hanukkah gifts or money became common in the 19th century. [7] Many families from the assimilated German-Jewish bourgeoisie celebrated Christmas directly as a purely secular winter festival.