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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 395993" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Star, the holiday "Chanukkah" (the spelling is phonetic as it's taken from the Hebrew which uses a different alphabet and symbols--the "Ch" is a gutteral made with the tongue against the back of the soft palate. We joke that you have to be Jewish to make that sound properly. It's perffectly OK to substitute a "H" both in pronunciation and in spelling)</p><p></p><p>Chanukah commemorates the re-taking of a desecrated temple by Jewish soldiers. Reconsecrating the temple required the use of blessed oil for the lamps. There was only one day available, but by a miracle, that oil lasted the required eight days.</p><p></p><p>In honor of that, we eat fried foods over the Holiday period. Latkes are a tradition for Jews of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) extraction. They are made of grated potatoes (you can mix in other veggies that grate well. I like Zucchini in mine) The onions are a constant, though not required (Ashkenazi Jews love our grease and onions, LoL)</p><p></p><p>We use a special candelabrum with nine branches. The "king candle" is used to light the candles for each day and burns throughout the eight days. One candle is added for each day.</p><p></p><p>We give small gifts to children on each day of the holiday. Things like small toys or candy or similar. One bigger gift is often given on the eighth day.</p><p></p><p>Dreidls are little tops (In Yiddish and in German "Drei-in" means "to spin") They have four sides to them, each marked with a Hebrew character. Esther can probably help out with the letters and the meaning. I've forgotten them and I barely understand and cannot read Hebrew other than that mixed into the German Yiddish is mostly based on)</p><p></p><p>It's one of the few Jewish Holidays that are "just for fun".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 395993, member: 1963"] Star, the holiday "Chanukkah" (the spelling is phonetic as it's taken from the Hebrew which uses a different alphabet and symbols--the "Ch" is a gutteral made with the tongue against the back of the soft palate. We joke that you have to be Jewish to make that sound properly. It's perffectly OK to substitute a "H" both in pronunciation and in spelling) Chanukah commemorates the re-taking of a desecrated temple by Jewish soldiers. Reconsecrating the temple required the use of blessed oil for the lamps. There was only one day available, but by a miracle, that oil lasted the required eight days. In honor of that, we eat fried foods over the Holiday period. Latkes are a tradition for Jews of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) extraction. They are made of grated potatoes (you can mix in other veggies that grate well. I like Zucchini in mine) The onions are a constant, though not required (Ashkenazi Jews love our grease and onions, LoL) We use a special candelabrum with nine branches. The "king candle" is used to light the candles for each day and burns throughout the eight days. One candle is added for each day. We give small gifts to children on each day of the holiday. Things like small toys or candy or similar. One bigger gift is often given on the eighth day. Dreidls are little tops (In Yiddish and in German "Drei-in" means "to spin") They have four sides to them, each marked with a Hebrew character. Esther can probably help out with the letters and the meaning. I've forgotten them and I barely understand and cannot read Hebrew other than that mixed into the German Yiddish is mostly based on) It's one of the few Jewish Holidays that are "just for fun". [/QUOTE]
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