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Discover the how, when and where of the Chanukah (Hanukkah) miracle. The Maccabees were a band of Jewish freedom fighters who freed Judea from the Syrian-Greek occupiers during the Second Temple period. The events that led to the heroic Maccabean revolt, the battles, the victories, the miracle of the Hanukkah lights and the events that followed...
Sufganiyot have an advantage over latkes in that their after-blessing is Al Hamichyah, in which we beseech G‑d to rebuild the Temple altar. This evokes the memory of the altar desecrated by the Greeks, a central element in the Hanukkah story.5. Read: Why Sufganiyot on Hanukkah? 8. Hanukkah Parties Are Also Known as “Latke Evenings”
Dec 7, 2023 · Blessing for Each Night of Hanukkah. According to B'nai Mitzvah Academy, you can say the following prayer for each night of Hanukkah: " Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who ...
1. Blessing for Shabbat Candle Lighting. Blessed are You, Lord our G‑d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us to kindle the light of the holy Shabbat.
"And you shall eat, and be sated, and bless the L-rd your G‑d" (Deuteronomy 8:10).Grace After Bread consists of four primary blessings — the first composed by Moses when the manna came down from heaven in the desert, the second by Joshua when the Children of Israel ate from the first harvest after entering the Holy Land, the third by Kings David and Solomon, and the fourth by the Sages in ...
What IS Hanukkah? We know the facts on why we celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. But is that all? Could it be that the inner meaning of the holiday has been hidden from plain sight? Based on the teachings of the Rebbe (Likkutei Sichot, Volume 25 pp. 235-242)
Chanukah (also spelled Hanukkah) is an 8-day Jewish festival marking the miraculous victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, over the Seleucidian Greek occupiers in the year 139 BCE. After recapturing Jerusalem ’s Holy Temple , which had been converted into a place of idol worship, they searched for pure oil with which to light the ...
