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wundervisuals/Getty Images. 4. Playing Dreidel. A dreidel is a tiny spinning top, inscribed with Hebrew letters on its four sides, and it’s used to play the popular Hanukkah game by the same name.
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 ...
1. A menorah is lit each night of the holiday. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C.
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.
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.
While the modern Jewish observance of Hanukkah mostly involves giving gifts, lighting candles, spinning a dreidel, and eating latkes (potato pancakes), this eight-day holiday commemorates the ...
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 ...
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