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Hanukkah is an enjoyable holiday for the whole family. However, it also has several layers of meaning. It is never too early to start teaching children the meaning of Hanukkah, and these resources offer an excellent springboard.
Teaching children the meaning of Hanukkah involves retelling the story, lighting the menorah each of the eight nights, playing the dreidel game and making a Hanukkah box Read More
Hanukkah is celebrated with many different traditions. Displaying decorations is a way to symbolize the significance behind the Jewish holiday. Menorahs, dreidels and Read More
Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is a Jewish holiday that takes place over eight days in December. It's often a time for Jewish families to throw parties for family and friends, and Read More
In December of every year, Jews observe a festival called Hanukkah. It is a joyous holiday, celebrating the first great victory for religious freedom won by the Jews more Read More
Lighting the Hanukkah menorah at sundown is a hallmark tradition of the holiday. For each of the eight nights of Hanukkah an additional candle is added to the menorah until Read More
Hanukkah is the festival of lights that is celebrated by the Jewish faith for eight days. It symbolizes the time in Jewish history when oil that should only have burned for Read More
Many folks, Jews and non-Jews alike, have come to think of Hanukkah as “Christmas Lite”—after all, both holidays take place at the same time of year, and involve feasting, Read More
Hanukkah is a special time for Jewish families, and lighting the menorah is one of the most special times of all. Lighting the candles in the menorah starts every evening Read More
There are a number of different religious items that are used as part of Jewish celebrations and holidays. One of the more well-known is called the dreidel or top. People Read More
Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, lasts for eight days. Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in the second century B.C. The festival Read More
Jewish Hanukkah traditions include the dreidel game; a dreidel is a spinning top with four Hebrew letters on the four sides. Learn to play the dreidel game in this free Read More
Nearly every culture has some sort of holiday or festival that revolves around lights like candles, lanterns, or even bonfires. Not coincidentally, most of these festivals Read More
The menorah is the centerpiece of the eight-day Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah. Here's the ritual used in lighting it. Read More
Holidays are stressful enough but when you're dealing with family members from different cultural groups, you may have an added problem or two. Holidays are, by nature, Read More
I'm Jewish and my husband is Methodist. When we celebrated our first Christmas at his family's house, his brother wished us a "Happy Hannumas." That has been our tradition Read More
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