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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.
"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.
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 ...
"Hanukkah is a Jewish festival of lighting lights during the darkest time of the year. Just as on Christmas, we talk about the star of Bethlehem and about Jesus being a new light.
Hanukkah’s purifying of the temple from idolatrous worship would, for most Jews, preclude any embrace of Christian claims about a trinity, a divine God-Man, and the abrogation in such a person ...
The Sabbath of Vayeshev falls during Hanukkah (this is the only case in which this occurs) and one of two uncommon haftarot is read for Miketz: If both Cheshvan and Kislev have 29 days, Hanukkah will begin and end on Friday and the Sabbath of Miketz will not be during Hanukkah (in which case Miketz's proper haftarah will thus be read).
The Hanukkah story. According to Jewish tradition, after the winning back Jerusalem, they found that the Temple had been destroyed. They began to clean it up and wanted to light the menorah (a ...
The Talmud, after recounting the story of the miracle of the cruse of oil, continues, "The following year these [days] were appointed a Festival with [the recital of] Hallel (Jewish praise, recited on all festivals) and thanksgiving." [1] Since then, the festival of Hanukkah has been celebrated each year, beginning on the 25th of Kislev. During ...