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A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [n 1] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights (candles or oil lamps) that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ...
Oh Chanukah (also Chanukah, Oh Chanukah) is an English version of the Yiddish Oy Chanukah ( Yiddish: חנוכּה אױ חנוכּה Khanike Oy Khanike ). The English words, while not a translation, are roughly based on the Yiddish. "Oy Chanukah" is a traditional Yiddish Chanukah song. "Oh Chanukah" is a very popular modern English Chanukah song.
A popular Hebrew Hanukkah song, "Sevivon" or "S'vivon" ( Hebrew: סביבון sevivon) is Hebrew for "dreidel", where dreidel ( Hebrew: דרײדל dreydl) is the Yiddish word for a spinning top. This song, "Sevivon," is very popular in Israel and by others familiar with the Hebrew language. The English below is a literal translation, not an ...
This is a great time to recite Hanukkah blessings and Hanukkah prayers. When lighting the menorah, the candles are lit each evening from left to right, starting with the shammash, the candle used ...
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e. " Ma'oz Tzur " ( Hebrew: מָעוֹז צוּר, romanized : Māʾōz Ṣūr) is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut. It is written in Hebrew, and is sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The hymn is named for its Hebrew incipit, which means "Strong Rock (of my Salvation)" and is a name or epithet for God in Judaism.
The Hanukkah Story. According to Jewish tradition, after the Jews won back Jerusalem, they found that the Temple had been destroyed. They began to clean it up and wanted to light the menorah (a ...
A dreidel, also dreidle or dreidl, [1] ( / ˈdreɪdəl / DRAY-dəl; Yiddish: דרײדל, romanized : dreydl, plural: dreydlech; [a] Hebrew: סביבון, romanized : sevivon) is a four-sided spinning top, played during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The dreidel is a Jewish variant on the teetotum, a gambling toy found in Europe and Latin America .