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  2. 10 surprising facts you may not know about Hanukkah - AOL

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    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 ...

  3. The Meaning of Hanukkah Goes Beyond Lights and Latkes - AOL

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    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 ...

  4. Head covering for Jewish women - Wikipedia

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    Jewish women in the Islamic world maintained this type of traditional clothing “until even the mid-20th century,” since “Jews dressed in the style of the surrounding society” [59] and therefore wore garments typically regarded as entirely “Islamic dress,” such as the chador, niqab, and burqa. [60]

  5. Hanukkah celebrations begin for Jewish community - AOL

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    Hanukkah last fell on the same day as Christmas in 2005 and has only happened four times in the past century. For 11-year old Beti, from Cardiff, this is the first time she will celebrate Hanukkah ...

  6. Women in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Grossman claimed that three factors affected how Jewish women were perceived by society: "the biblical and Talmudic heritage; the situation in the non-Jewish society within which the Jews lived and functioned; and the economic status of the Jews, including the woman's role in supporting the family."

  7. Hanukkah bush - Wikipedia

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    A Hanukkah bush that some Jewish families display in their homes for the duration of Hanukkah and Christmas. [1] [2] It uses a Star of David rather than any Christian-themed decorations. A Hanukkah bush is a bush or tree—real or artificial—that some Jewish families in North America display in their homes for the duration of Hanukkah.

  8. 8 things you (probably) didn't know about Hanukkah - AOL

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    Sunday marks the first day of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. Spanning eight days, Jews light a candle on the menorah -- or hanukkiyah -- for each day of the holiday.

  9. Girls' Day (Judaism) - Wikipedia

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    Rosh Chodesh L'Banot [1] [2] (Hebrew: ראש חודש לבנות), also known as Chag HaBanot [2] (חג הבנות, 'Festival of the Daughters', [3] sometimes translated as Girls' Day), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, [clarification needed] [2] is a holiday celebrated by some Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah.