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nuts (sufganiot).
• Rituals: A blessing is recited before
Children play dreidel, a spinning top
lighting candles on the menorah, and a
inscribed
with a Hebrew letter on each
prayer is said after lighting. You can find
these in most Jewish prayer books. Daily of four sides (nun for nes (miracle), gim-
mel for gadol (great), hey for haya (hap-
prayers include -Al ha-Nisim" in the
pened), shin for sham (there): a great
Amidah (silent, standing prayer) and in
Birkat Ha-Mazon (grace after meals); the miracle happened there. In Israel,
instead of a shin dreidels have the letter
full Hallel prayer is recited each day.
for po (here). The game is played for
peh
In the synagogue or temple, there is a
chocolate
coins, candy or nuts. Each
special Torah reading for each day
player
takes
a turn spinning. Depending
7-8:4);
four
persons
are
called
(Numbers
on
which
Hebrew
letter turns up when
up.
the
dreidel
stops,
the
player either gets
Chanukah straddles two Jewish
or
gives
to
the
pot.
Gift-giving
is a
months, Kislev and Tevet. The sixth day
Christmas
tradition
taken
on
bysome
is also Rosh Chodesh Kislev (the first
day of the month) and includes an addi- Jews; it has nothing to with Chanukah.
tional Torah reading. On Shabbat, the
• Events associated with Chanukah:
weekly Torah portion is read with the
Chanukah mafrir. A special Haftorah for The story of Judith, and also the story
of Hannah and Her Seven Sons. Judith
Chanukah (Zechariah 2:14-4:7) is read.
is found in the Book ofJudith; Hannah
comes from the Second Book of
• Customs and Traditions: We sing
Maccabees.
Maoz Tzur- (found in prayer books
Although neither is part of the
with the Chanukah ritual). Some also
Jewish Bible, they are of Jewish origin
recite or sing Psalm 30. No one works
and widely known. Your local syna-
while the Chanukah lights are burning.
gogue library, Jewish Community
We eat potato pancakes (latkes) fried
Center library or public library
in oil (olive and canola are the healthi-
should have copies or references to
est), reminiscent of the oil that burned
find the stories.
for eight days in the Holy Temple, when
it was supposed to last only one. Israelis,
and many Americans, eat jelly dough-

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5. Judah Maccabee died near
Elasa, but don't look for it on a
map; scholars have yet to iden-
tify exactly where that was. Ask
=3, children to imagine where Elasa
might be, and make drawings
of what it could have looked
like.

6. Oil or candles, that's the big
question. What should you use
to light the candles on the
Chanukah
menorah? The
- "-
Talmud says that olive oil is
preferable, and many Jewish
families specifically want pure
olive oil — and only from Israel. This is
because pure olive oil from Israel was
used to light the Great Menorah in the
Temple. Halachically, however, there is
nothing wrong with using candles.
Use different items in your menorah
each night; try various oils and candles
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4. In Eastern Europe,
on Chanukah Jewish
children wore beitel,
small, handmade bags
made of fabric scraps. Whenever the
children visited friends and family on
the holiday, the would receive a tiny gift
of Chanukah Belt to put inside their
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