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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 ...
Happy Hanukkah! Here's what you need to know about the Jewish holiday including when it is, what it means and more.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Baladi-rite Temani Jews had it as a custom to read the scroll after the haftarah reading on Shabbat Hanukkah. [ 18 ] The Hebrew text with an English translation can be found in the Ha-Siddur Ha-Shalem of Philip Birnbaum , published in 1949 and still in widespread use in English-speaking Orthodox and Conservative synagogues.
A more formal greeting commonly used among religiously observant Jews is Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah (Hebrew: כְּתִיבָה וַחֲתִימָה טוֹבָה ), which translates as "A good inscription and sealing [in the Book of Life]", [55] or L'shanah tovah tikatevu v'techatemu meaning "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year". [56]
Along with the menorah lighting, Hanukkah is celebrated with festive meals, games, songs and gifts to children. Popular foods include potato pancakes (latkes), doughnuts (sufganiyot) and other ...