Chanukkah Holidays and Observances Judaism
Chanukkah Holidays and Observances Judaism
Chanukkah
An eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. It is known as the Festival of Lights.
It takes place in November or December.
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- Orthodox Union "Everything there is to know about Chanuka site". Information for beginners, audio, background, and history.
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- Online audio classes in the Halacha (Halakha) , Jewish laws and customs of Chanukah.
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- Discusses Chanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Includes songs, the rules for playing dreidel and a recipe for latkes (potato pancakes).
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- Stories, crafts, recipes, kid stuff, books, music, information, and games.
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- E-cards, games, puzzles, mazes and other funs stuff. For kids.
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- Shopping site for Chanukah party decorations and gifts.
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- Chanukah humor for the computer programmer.
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- Lyrics to an English counting song written by Woody Guthrie.
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- Get creative this holiday season with these homemade gift ideas.
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- Concise description of Hanukkah and the story behind it and the menorah, dreidel, and special foods.
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- Read about Hanukkah traditions, learn about Jewish history and discover delicious recipes.
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- How to celebrate, pray, light, listen and learn Chanukah; plus multi-level study, games, audio and video, how-to guide, stories, and recipes. Searchable worldwide public menorah lighting events.
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- Free animated and musical greetings that help save wildlife!
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- Learn the origins of this holiday; recipes and crafts ideas. Spin the virtual dreidel.
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- Overview of the history and traditions of this minor holiday.
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- Historical background, classroom exercises, material for educators, thoughts on forgotten aspects of the holiday's story. (From the Jewish Agency's education department.)
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- Insights and articles related to Chanukah.
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- Simple telling of the story of the holiday, games, coloring pages. (From Torah Tots)
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- Emphasizes the unusual and multicultural alongside the traditional, info on prayers, blessings, games and stories, Mid-Eastern/African recipes for potato latkes, Jewish/Hanukkah graphics and clip art.
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- A colorful Chanukah one-stop, including lighting instructions, deeper insights and streaming songs & video.
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- Project Genesis, Torah on the Information Superhighway, presents this collection of readings on different aspects of the holiday.
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- Audio classes and songs about Chanukah.
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- Another look at the story of Hanukah. This has been published in several Synogogue newsletters and been the basis for discussion groups.
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- Collection of articles about Chanukah.
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- Collected articles on different aspects of Chanuka. Level: advanced
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- Jewish holiday site including lighting of menorah, chanukah ecards, dreidel, history, traditions, and free online book by Louis Ginzberg "The Legends of the Jews".
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- Sheet music and historical background information of popular Chanukah songs. With Midi sound.
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