Eight Crazy
Nights!
I’ve wanted
to do something for Hanukkah since last fall but I couldn’t come up with
anything. Once I got the craft wire I realized I could make these. I wish I
could make a dreidel or a menorah. But of course it doesn't have to be Hanukkah to wear these lovely Stars of David!
I love
Hanukkah! When I was in elementary school (3rd and 4th
grade) we learned about Hanukkah. In music class we learned a Hanukkah song
which we sang at Christmas concerts. When I got to High School I learned
another Hanukkah song (which I love to this day) and my senior year (because
the choir disbanded) one of my teachers put on a Christmas show and I sang the
Hanukkah song in an assembly … in Hebrew. I was complimented by one of my
teachers on my Hebrew. I have another confession to make, if Rosetta Stone
offered me the chance to learn any language it would be Hebrew. I love the
Hebrew culture and food and I admire their resilience. I’ve thought about
converting to Judaism but JC is a big deal me.
Hanukkah is
called the festival of lights and was set up as a time of Thanksgiving. A brief
history, after reclaiming Jerusalem the Maccabees wanted to light a Menorah in their
temple but there was only enough oil to last for one night. Miraculously the
oil lasted for eight nights until they were able to make more oil to keep the
lights burning. Although the date of Hanukkah changes every year because it runs
on the Hebrew calendar it sometimes falls on or around Christmas. This year
Hanukkah begins on Christmas Eve.
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