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December 13, 2017
Welcome friends to our Hanukkah edition of the Hebrew Podcasts Newsletter.
We are sending your way Chag Sameach greetings and Happy Hanukkah.
Featured Holiday
Hanukkah (rededication) - Kislev 25 - כ"ה בכסלו, תשע"ח, is celebrated on Wednesday, December 13, 2017. It is the celebration of the Maccabees' victory in 165 BCE over ancient Greece and the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Oil was found in the temple, but it was only enough to light the Menorah for one night. Miraculously, it lit the Menorah for eight nights. To celebrate this miracle, on each of the eight nights of Hanukkah, another candle is lit in the Hanukiah (a special Menorah with 9 candle holders) and special songs are sung. The traditional foods are fried foods such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts). Kids love playing the dreidel (spinning top), and parents give them Hanukkah gelt (Yiddish for money, a chocolate coin).
The dreidel, which is called Sevivon in Hebrew, is a four-sided spinning top with 4 Hebrew letters that are the acronym of the sentence Nes (miracle) Gadol (big) Haya (was) Po (here). Kids who play outside of Israel have dreidels that have the letters for the sentence Nes (miracle) Gadol (big) Haya (was) Sham (there).
Hanukkah Kids Crafts
New Idioms
| Took the bull by the horns | A-ha-zoo et ha-shor be-kar-nav | אחזו את השור בקרניו |
| His star has set | Yar-da kar-no | ירדה קרנו |
| A ray of hope | Ke-ren or | קרן אור |
| Put her money on the line | Sa-ma et kas-pa al ke-ren hats-vi | שמה את כספה על קרן הצבי |
New Words
Corner / angle Za-vit זווית
Side Tse-la צלע
Triangle Me-shoo-lash משולש
Shape Tsoo-ra צורה
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