Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights

It was the night before the Jewish month of Kissrev on 25th and lasted for 8 days. It is somewhere in the December Gregorian calendar (it fell in the November Thanksgiving, but rarely happened). Hanukkah is also called Hanukkah, celebrating activities over 2000 years ago. Initially, it celebrated the success of their victory in Jerusalem's second temple in Jerusalem against their Syrian-Greek oppressor, once again in the second temple of Jerusalem who tried to absorb Jews and marry Jews Dedicated. Temple The reason for celebrating the 8 days of this festival comes from the word of Talmud. When the second temple was rebuilt ceremony, the value of pure oil found in this temple was only one day. But miraculously, the oil burned for 8 days. This gives enough time to gather fresh oil supply and believes that God has a miracle This is the reason to celebrate the full 8th.

Today, especially in North America, Hanukkah is often regarded as Jewish Christmas and Christmas was developed when Hanukkah approached December 25. Gifts and showcases are unrelated to Jewish holidays, but are customary from the Christmas tradition. Hanukkah's true tradition is to light a candle on a nine-branch candlestick called Hanukia, bless and make potato chips (pancake) and sufganiyot (jelly donut) and eat it - cook with oil - Dreidle It is to play. Opportunity games in all directions

What other celebrations / holidays are there in December? (Jewish Holidays, Hanukkah, Light Festival, December Holidays. Hanukkah is a Hebrew dedication.The foods normally associated with Hanukkah are potato and potato (potato pancake), sufganiyot (donut), and dough ball African-Americans celebrate Kwanza, a festival based on the celebration of harvest in Africa This period is respect, memorial, new dedication, and celebratory words Maunda ya Kwanzaa is "the first fruit It means.

In Jewish Hanukkah, the festival of lights is celebrated by lighting a candle and preparing traditional potato cakes. Today is often seen as a symbol of the survival of the Jews, but in the Christian country where Christmas is the main festival, Hanukkah is a gift to the Jews and is presented to the children. In addition, the Jews believed in the Ten Commandments, but I thought they were the Ten Commandments of Many Fates. They called 10 absolute laws to obey them. Christians considers a commandment as a moral law of a person. Unlike Christians, Jews also do not believe that Jesus is the only child of God. Instead, they believe that we are all children of God. The Jews also do not believe that Jesus once took shape of mankind.