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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHappy Chanukah!
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched menorah (also called a Chanukiah/Hanukiah), one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical menorah consists of eight branches with an additional visually distinct branch. The extra light, with which the others are lit, is called a shamash (Hebrew: שמש??, "attendant" and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest.[1] Other Hanukkah festivities include playing dreidel and eating oil-based foods such as doughnuts and latkes. Since the 1970s, the worldwide Chabad Hasidic movement has initiated public menorah lightings in open public places in many countries.[2]
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RandySF
(57,657 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)Gonna go open some gifts.
octoberlib
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(53,833 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)Great card...and a rainbow set of candles to boot! Awesome!
LeftishBrit
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(53,833 posts)Danmel
(4,892 posts)Hebrew for Happy Holiday!
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(53,833 posts)JudyM
(29,122 posts)Though the Shehecheanu was a little bittersweet - with the future so in doubt with the new crazy administration...
(Trafalgar Sq last year)
Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)Stay strong, seems this Chanukah we are facing the same struggles all over, it's just not the Greeks this time.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,847 posts)From a gentile!
Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)I would say "Merry Christmas", but 'gentile' doesn't tell the holiday you celebrate!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,847 posts)I was raised a Christian (Methodist), but now I'm an atheist.
Happy Holidays or just about anything works for me.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)Some touching moments and good quotes here.
"Each wick an answer to the wicked."
And likening the 8 years his critics never thought he'd last to the 8 days the oil lasted...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017416414
(Cross-post fromVideo and Multimedia)
Rustyeye77
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