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Al HaNissim alternatively V'al HaNissim [1] ([ו]עַל הַנִסִּים , "[and] on the miracles") is an addition to the Amidah and Birkat Hamazon on Hanukkah and Purim. On both holidays, it starts off with a short paragraph, beginning with the words for which it is named.
This is a great time to recite Hanukkah blessings and Hanukkah prayers. When lighting the menorah, the candles are lit each evening from left to right, starting with the shammash, the candle used ...
"Ma'oz Tzur Yeshuati" is commonly thought to have been written in the 13th century, during the Crusades. [1] The first letters of the first five stanzas form an acrostic of the composer's name, Mordechai (the five Hebrew letters מרדכי).
Hanukkah is the most widely used spelling, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, though Chanukah is more traditional. This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: ...
During the Middle Ages, Megillat Antiochus was read in the Italian-rite synagogues on Shabbat Hanukkah. [17] A machzor of the Kaffa rite from the year 1735 instructs to read the Megillat Antiochus during Mincha of Shabbat Hanukkah. [17] Baladi-rite Temani Jews had it as a custom to read the scroll after the haftarah reading on Shabbat Hanukkah ...
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.
"I Have a Little Dreidel" [1] (also known as "The Dreidel Song" [1] or "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel") is a children's Hanukkah song in the English-speaking world that also exists in a Yiddish version called "Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl", (Yiddish: איך בין אַ קלײנער דרײדל Lit: I am a little dreidel German: Ich bin ein kleiner Dreidel).
Check out our list of 75 Hanukkah greetings and Happy Hanukkah wishes for a more meaningful holiday. Hanukkah Greetings. 1. Chag sameach! (Happy holiday!) 2. May this festival bring blessings upon ...