For our Jewish Friends

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:01 pm

Hanukkah began this evening.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:06 pm

What is Hanukkah :-2

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:12 pm

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?cont ... ni_id=1061

Buttercup, this link will help. It is the annual Jewish Festival of Lights. Cher could better answer than me..but this link gives a good history.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:52 pm

And a special Hanukkah greeting to our under the weather friend, Cher.:-6

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:13 pm

buttercup;487966 wrote: What is Hanukkah :-2

:wah: yer funny

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:26 pm

for all who celebrate

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:37 pm

Nomad;488012 wrote: :wah: yer funny

nomad,i didn't have a clue what the holiday stood for either.......:-2

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:23 pm

guppy;488029 wrote: nomad,i didn't have a clue what the holiday stood for either.......:-2

then yer funny too :wah:

dreidel · Post by **dreidel** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:12 pm

Happy Hanukkah Cher!

danieeeel · Post by **danieeeel** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:52 am

Actuallt it's Chanukkah but you guys can't say CH

so you say HA instead : )

so, Chanukkah (חנוכה) means dedication or inauguration in hebrew.

it symbolize the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem after desecration under Antiochus (it happened about 2,000 years ago)..

The Maccabees won and started to dedicate the tample

But, there was a problem!

there was not enough consecrated olive oil to do the dedication - to light the Menorah. was enough to fuel the flame in the Temple for only one day and it was not enough time to get more oil.

And there was a miracle!

the oil that was enough to burn for only one day, burned for eight days!

which was the exact time to get a new consecrate oil.

So Now every year, in every house, people are lighting one more candle each night for 8 days.

Traditions in Chanukkah:

1. After lighting the candles in the Chanukkiyah (image 1) singing this song

2. To eat Sufganiya (image 2). it kind of jelly doughnut, it's tasty but very fatty (image 3 - a women who ate alot of Sufganiyas)

3. Play with the Sevivon (Dreidel) with the words "great miracle happened here" (here as in Jerusalem) writen on him (image 4).

So.. Happy Hanukkah!

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Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:51 pm

danieeeel;488218 wrote: Actuallt it's Chanukkah but you guys can't say CH

so you say HA instead : )

!

Oh, I can say it...can just never spell the darn word. Either one of them.

Thanks for the history lesson.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:05 pm

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:07 pm

I have a little dreidel

I made it out of clay

And when it's dry and ready

Then dreidel I shall play

CHORUS

Oh dreidel dreidel dreidel

I made it out of clay

And when it's dry and ready

Then dreidel I shall play

It has a lovely body

With legs so short and thin

And when it is so tired

It drops and then I win!

CHORUS

My dreidel's always playful

It loves to dance and spin

A happy game of dreidel

Come play now, let's begin!

CHORUS

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:41 pm

Oh Val..thanks for the driedel song. I remember hearing it a long time ago.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:43 pm

OK, let me see if I have this right...the holiday began at dusk last night. Did you light a candle last night? Or is the first one lit tonight...the first full day of the holiday??

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:47 pm

Marie5656;488486 wrote: OK, let me see if I have this right...the holiday began at dusk last night. Did you light a candle last night? Or is the first one lit tonight...the first full day of the holiday??

The first day of Chanukah is Saturday. Jewish holidays always start at sundown on the evening before. Therefore, the first candle was lit Friday night.

I always get 'funky' Chanukah candles for my menorah. We light the appropriate number of them and then hubby and I say a Chanukah prayer (I always mispronounce the words, he never does :rolleyes: )

I am not very religious, but this makes me feel 'connected' to my heritage and my culture :-6

And a warm thank you to all of you for your good wishes

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:49 pm

So, what is it about these holidays that make us all warm and fuzzy> Is it the tradition and rituals?

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:50 pm

Marie5656;488497 wrote: So, what is it about these holidays that make us all warm and fuzzy> Is it the tradition and rituals?

Yes, I think so

Add some champagne to the mixture and I get *exceptionally* warm and fuzzy

danieeeel · Post by **danieeeel** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:04 pm

Marie5656;488454 wrote: Oh, I can say it...can just never spell the darn word. Either one of them.

Thanks for the history lesson.

I doubt if you can say it right since there is no cha in the English language..

(I didn't mean cha like in 'change' you know)..

danieeeel · Post by **danieeeel** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:08 pm

Diuretic;488466 wrote: Thanks danieeeel - that was informative and funny at the same time

Well, my teacher used to say, if you teach something and you don't want the pupils to get bored, add some humor.

danieeeel · Post by **danieeeel** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:38 pm

Diuretic;488532 wrote: It's a hard "ch" sort of a "k" sound but with more of an explusion of breath and the back of the tongue set at the back of the roof of the mouth. Anyway that's how I was shown how to pronounce it properly.

Here, this is Cha

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AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:58 pm

Happy Channukah !!!

Feast of Lights, of Dedication!!!

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