Judah the Maccabee is the central figure of the Hanukkah story. A rebel fighter who overthrew the Syrian Greek army and restored the Temple in Jerusalem.
Celebrate Hanukkah with these traditional sufganiyot, also known as jelly doughnuts. They are fried in oil, then rolled in sugar, and filled with jam.
Hanukkah season is here. This means latkes, menorahs, and the retelling of the classic story about Judah and the Maccabees. But there’s a woman from a few hundred years before Judah was around who is just as important to this story.This Hanukkah, let’s bring this forgotten biblical badass back into the spotlight. She’s not mentioned […]
A cross between a beignet and a jelly donut, sufganiyot are pillowy donuts that are eaten in Israel and around the world during Hanukah.
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Saralee Siegel can do extraordinary things with her super-nose. But when a smell cloud sends her back in time, she could lose everything.Saralee is stunned to learn that she's not the only one in the family with a superpower. Her great-grandmother Gigi also had a magical sense of smell. And when Saralee makes Gigi's Hanukkah donut recipe, the scent creates a portal in time. Soon Saralee finds herself face-to-face with a young Gigi--and she's not the fierce, unstoppable person Saralee imagined. Gigi's ready to give up on her dreams. Saralee needs to help her find courage, or the future will be changed forever! \"A sweet story celebrating Jewish culture and sprinkled with a little bit of magic.\" ---School Library Journal\"A fun, deli-cious romp through the past\" --Jewish Book Council
Giving small gifts to children has become common around the world, though nowhere has Hanukkah reached the level of commercialisation that it has in the US.
Why The Books of I & II Maccabees Is Important: Interestingly, most people may not know where to find the account of the magnificent Hanukkah story. Hanukkah or "Chanukah" is an annual Jewish celebration in the late fall/early winter that dates back to circa 164 BC (or the intertestamental period - between the Old and New Testaments) and was also referred to as "Festival of Lights" or "Feast of the Dedication" or "Feast of the Maccabees." So where can one find it? It is found in the Apocrypha (meaning "hidden things") in I & II Maccabees (1 Macc 4:36-59; 2 Macc 10:1-8). This book is an excerpt from the Apocrypha and it this story to you so you may have it in either e-book, printed book, audio-book or all of the above.Highlights of the Original Event:* The Seleucid king Antiochus Ephiphanes profaned the Jewish temple by sacrificing a pig to the god Zeus.* This caused the Jews to have to leave their worship of the one true God and His required sacrifices and they were supposedly to take on Antiochus' occult rituals. * A group of Jewish confederates (Maccabees) emerged, lashed-out, and defeated the Seleucids! God gave them the victory - labeled "a miracle." This was eerily similar to the 6 Day war in 1967 where that victory was declared a miracle as tiny Israel was out-manned and out-resourced)!* When the Maccabees returned to Jerusalem to take it back over, they entered the Temple to rid it of the idols that the Syrians had set up.* They built a new alter, but the golden menorah had been stolen by the Syrians, so the Maccabean fighters made one of a lesser metal. * When they went to light it, they found only enough lamp oil for one day, but it stayed light for eight days...another miracle!Find all of this story and the details surrounding them in "The Books of I & II Macabees - Where The Story of Hanukkah Is Found" | Author: Robert Bagley, III | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Publication Date: Aug 28, 2016 | Number of Pages: 188 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1536941670 | ISBN-13: 9781536941678
This is a museum quality digital print of my original mixed media art Home Sweet Home which inspired by stories of the World of Magic and Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. This wall art will work perfectly as a gift for House Warming. It will look nicely in the cozy interior of Magic lover and will be a great present for Hanukkah. *IMPORTANT! I strongly advise you not to buy frame , either passe-partout before you receive the print . Please note the colours may vary. The palette depends on your screen colour calibration. * please note the listings here are not including a frames * Right to reproduction does not transfer with a sale of print * All products are copyright protected. * The copyrights belongs to YelenskyStudio 2023
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From biblical tales to Holocaust stories, these stories make perfect Hanukkah gifts—with a dash of magic and a bit of jazz
Hanukkah, Jewish festival that begins on Kislev 25 (in December, according to the Gregorian calendar) and is celebrated for eight days. Hanukkah reaffirms the ideals of Judaism and commemorates in particular the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by the lighting of candles on each day of the festival.
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These jelly doughnuts (sufganiyot) are made with a lemony scented dough and filled with sweet plum jam. These two-bite jelly doughnuts are a traditional Hanukkah treat, but you'll want them all year long.
For the first time since the violent attacks at his home on Hanukkah, a rabbi is addressing the recent spree of anti-Semitic violence in New York.
To celebrate Hanukkah, Iranian-Jewish-American food blogger Tannaz Sassooni, founder of the food blog All Kinds of Yum, dives into the deliciousness that is fried food, and what it means to make your own traditions. Hers is a light and crispy funnel cake known as zoulbia, an Iranian confection Tannaz’s mother used to make for her when she was a […]
This one page printable features the Hanukkah story for kids in a very short version.
The need to combat religious antisemitism by clearing-up problematic and incorrect biblical interpretations
Biblical Background In the Book of Daniel in the Tanach (Bible – Old Testament) we read how God gave Daniel the interpretation of dreams which king Nebuchadnezzar had. These dreams were pictures of…
On the first night of Hanukkah, a weary traveler named Hershel of Ostropol eagerly approaches a village, where plenty of latkes and merriment should warm him. But when he arrives not a single candle is lit. A band of frightful goblins has taken over the synagogue, and the villagers cannot celebrate at all! Hershel vows to help them. Using his wits, the clever trickster faces down one goblin after the next, night after night. But can one man alone save Hanukkah and live to tell the tale? An original adventure featuring a traditional Jewish folk hero, this clever story has been a family favorite for decades, was named a Caldecott Honor book when it was originally published, and received a Sydney Taylor Award Honor. This beautiful 25th anniversary edition includes an insightful afterword from the author and publisher explaining the book's origins and remembering Trina Schart Hyman, the illustrator who brought the tale to life. This classic picture book is a perfect Hanukkah gift and a wonderful read-aloud.
Celebrate Hanukkah and learn about the history and traditions of this fun Jewish holiday with these Hanukkah books and movies for kids.
Best Hanukkah picture books to read aloud during the eight day holidays. Books feature the Hanukkah story and family stories.
Orthodox women survivors of the Holocaust - residents of Boro Park mostly - told us their stories, at a recent Hanukkah party in Brooklyn.
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Shortly after Kristalnacht (November 9-10, 1938), young Oskar's parents decide to send him to America to live in New York City with his Aunt Esther, whom he has never met. Before he leaves, his father gives him some parting words of advice: "Oskar, even in bad times, people can be good. You have to look for the blessings." Oskar arrives in NYC on the seventh night of Hanukkah, which also happens to be Christmas Eve. It's a cold, snowy December night and Oskar, who arrived penniless, with only an address and a photo of his aunt, has a long walk up Broadway from the Battery to her house on West 103rd Street before sundown and the lighting of the Hanukkah candles. Along the way, Oskar finds the blessings his father told him to look for. Watching an old woman outside Trinity Church feeding pigeons, he eats the bread she hands him to feed the birds. Seeing him so cold, tired and hungry, she gives him a small loaf of bread to eat. At a Union Square newsstand, the news dealer gives Oskar the Superman comic he can't pay for but is attracted to. Later, Oskar has his first "conversation" in America, whistling back and forth with Count Basie outside Carnegie Hall. Encountering some boys playing in the snow in Central Park, Oskar offers a helping hand to a boy who has slipped. Seeing Oskar's frozen hands, the boy gives Oskar his warm mittens and in return, Oskar gives him his Superman comic. Altogether, Oskar experiences eight blessings (one for each night of Hanukkah) as he journeys up Broadway to 103rd Street. But, of course, the last and most important blessing is finding his aunt. The Simon's text is sparse but lyrical, a perfect read aloud book, and the story is carried forward wonderfully by Mark Siegel's paneled illustrations, done in a variety of sizes. Siegel has rendered the illustrations in greys and earth tones, with splashes of color, so that they convey the overcast cold, snowy day of Oskar's arrival. He has captured the variety of emotions that Oskar experiences on his long walk - fear, hope, confusion, wonder, surprise, happiness - both in Oksar's demeanor and his facial expression, and sometimes his emotion is only reflected in his eyes. Oskar and the Eight Blessings works on so many different levels, but mostly it is a beautiful, sensitive Hanukkah story that really demonstrates that it is a season of hope and miracles. The fact that the seventh night of Hanukkah is Christmas Eve, also a season of hope and miracles, only adds to the ambiance of the blessings. But Oskar and the Eight Blessings is also a gentle way to begin introducing the Holocaust to young readers by explaining to them what happened on Kristalnacht and why Oskar was sent away by his parents to safety can provide enough information to help with those more difficult discussions later on. NYC can be a daunting place even today, and I can only imagine what it would have felt like to this young Jewish refugee in 1938, escaping the cruelty of the Nazis who had already been in power since 1933, having no money and not speaking English and looking for an aunt who not only doesn't know him but isn't even expecting him. But New York can also be magical, especially during the holidays, a place where blessings actually can happen. Be sure to look at the map of Manhattan to see the places where Oskar's received his blessings in his new world and read the Author's Note for some very interesting background to Oskar and the Eight Blessings. This book is recommended for readers age 4 to 104 years old This book was borrowed from a friend
Celebrate Hanukkah with these traditional sufganiyot, also known as jelly doughnuts. They are fried in oil, then rolled in sugar, and filled with jam.
