Tonight’s the first night of Hanukkah and Hello Kitty reminds us to let our light shine!
Our Jewish Festival of Lights lasts for eight days and nights in honor of a 2,000-year-old miracle in which light won out over darkness.
During Hanukkah 1931, Rachel Posner, wife of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner, took this photo of the family Hanukkah menorah from the window ledge of the family home looking out on to the building across the road decorated with Nazi flags.
While it’s definitely a time for serious reflection, it’s also all about fun with latkes, gold coins, dreidels, lots of presents, and this iconic song by Adam Sandler:
Last year’s post about Hanukkah has a lot more info about the historical significance https://enchantedseashells.com/2022/12/19/whats-hanukkah-all-about/
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Chag Sameach l’acha! This year I’m ready with TWO packs of menorah candles.
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Awesome! I try to buy a few packages when they go on sale after the holidays so I won’t run out.
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Happy Hanukkah! While I’m not Jewish and don’t celebrate Hanukkah, I love how each faith celebrates this time of year. When I was growing up, my mother told me that when she was growing up, she knew several Jewish families who were close and loving (unlike her own), and she’d wanted to be Jewish. We always got a bag of gold chocolate coins in our Christmas stocking and mom always peppered her exclamations with an oy vey!
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Although my grandfather was a rabbi, my mom was pretty anti-religion because she thought it was too much like a cult and denigrated women, so we only enjoyed the fun aspects like getting presents and lighting candles. That’s why we also had a tree with more presents on Christmas. My mom was a total free thinking rebel!
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Love her!
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