Display all of our creations before eating them up! Cookie cutters and sprinkles are available on Amazon or some local supermarkets. Dreidel Game — As a family, choose a currency to play with dollars, coins, beans, chocolate.
Take turns putting your currency in the pot and spin the dreidel to see what letter it lands on and what action to take.
Click here for complete directions to the dreidel game. Dreidels can often be bought in the dollar section at Target or on Amazon. Sufganiyot Jelly Donuts — As mentioned above, fried foods are a tradition for Hanukkah as are Sufganiyot or jelly-filled donuts. These bite-sized donuts are fun to make and even more fun to eat! This recipe from Real Simple makes it easy to make at home and they taste better then buying them at the store.
Tzedakah Charitable Giving - After seven nights of gifts and fun, we close Hanukkah out with remembering those less fortunate and the act of Tzedakah or charitable giving. Spend some time as family talking about how you give to others! Led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his five sons, a large-scale rebellion broke out against Antiochus and the Seleucid monarchy.
When Matthathias died in B. Judah called on his followers to cleanse the Second Temple, rebuild its altar and light its menorah—the gold candelabrum whose seven branches represented knowledge and creation and were meant to be kept burning every night.
This wondrous event inspired the Jewish sages to proclaim a yearly eight-day festival. The first Book of the Maccabees tells another version of the story, describing an eight-day celebration that followed the rededication but making no reference to the miracle of the oil.
Some modern historians offer a radically different interpretation of the Hanukkah tale. In their view, Jerusalem under Antiochus IV had erupted into civil war between two camps of Jews: those who had assimilated into the dominant culture that surrounded them, adopting Greek and Syrian customs; and those who were determined to impose Jewish laws and traditions, even if by force. Jewish scholars have also suggested that the first Hanukkah may have been a belated celebration of Sukkot, which the Jews had not had the chance to observe during the Maccabean Revolt.
The Hanukkah celebration revolves around the kindling of a nine-branched menorah, known in Hebrew as the hanukiah. Jews typically recite blessings during this ritual and display the menorah prominently in a window as a reminder to others of the miracle that inspired the holiday.
In another allusion to the Hanukkah miracle, traditional Hanukkah foods are fried in oil. Potato pancakes known as latkes and jam-filled donuts sufganiyot are particularly popular in many Jewish households.
Other Hanukkah customs include playing with four-sided spinning tops called dreidels and exchanging gifts. This holiday is quite well-known because of its proximity to Christmas, but how much do you really know about it? We thought we would answer a few of the most frequently asked questions about Hanukkah or Chanukah or Hanukah or Chanuka here. Every year, we post this article, with a few edits and updates, so if sounds familiar to some readers, it very well may be.
Hanukkah celebrates the aftermath of a military victory by Jews the Maccabees who fought the religious oppression of Assyrian rule more than years ago. The Jews took back the holy Temple in Jerusalem, which had been desecrated by the Assyrians, who had used it to worship idols and allowed farm animals to reside there. Hanukkah celebrates a miracle — when the Maccabees wanted to light the menorah as part of the re-dedication, they could only find a tiny flask of oil, enough to light it for only one day.
As the story goes, a miracle happened when the oil actually lasted for 8 days. Think of it this way: it would be as if your phone was on 10 percent and you had no charger, but it stayed on for eight days! Of course, there is also the time-honored tradition of watching " The Rugrats Chanukah " --an enjoyable cinematic experience for all ages.
What is a dreidel and why is it played on Hanukkah? Synagogue in New York City. The class was there to learn about Hannukah and also about the newly restored synagogue which originally opened its doors in A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top with Hebrew letters Hay, Gimel, Nun and Shin on each surface signifying the rules of the game.
When Antiochus IV was in power, all Jewish practices were outlawed, including reading and studying the sacred Jewish text, the Torah. When soldiers would come through Jewish communities, those studying the Torah in secret would pretend to play the dreidel game so as not to be caught and arrested.
Want to play? Here's a rundown of the game. Is Hanukkah the most important Jewish holiday? Ask any Rabbi and you'll get a resounding "no.
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