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Miracle of the cruse [a] of oil (Hebrew: נֵס פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן), or the Miracle of Hanukkah, is an Aggadah depicted in the Babylonian Talmud [1] as one of the reasons for Hanukkah. In the story, the miracle occurred after the liberation of the Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt, and it describes the finding of a jug ...
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.
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 ...
The Hanukkah Story. According to Jewish tradition, after the Jews won back Jerusalem, they found that the Temple had been destroyed. They began to clean it up and wanted to light the menorah (a ...
Office Open XML (OOXML) format was introduced with Microsoft Office 2007 and became the default format of Microsoft Word ever since. Pertaining file extensions include:.docx – Word document.docm – Word macro-enabled document; same as docx, but may contain macros and scripts.dotx – Word template.dotm – Word macro-enabled template; same ...
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.
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.
What is Hanukkah? Hanukkah is the Hebrew word for dedication. The holiday celebrates the Festival of Lights, which commemorates the Maccabean soldiers’ victory over the Syrian Greek army.