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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Hanukkah is in full swing worldwide and here in San Diego.
Hanukkah is known as the eight-day Jewish holiday, also known as the Festival of Lights, which features menorah lights at night, special prayers, and fried foods. Hanukkah falls in late fall or early winter and is celebrated from November 28th to December 6th this year.
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When they lit the menorah of the temple, they found only a vessel with oil, which the Greeks did not defile. They used the oil to light the menorah, which lasted eight days.
Hanukkah or Hanukkah?
Both are actually right. In Hebrew, the word is pronounced with a guttural sound or “kh”. Phonetically it is pronounced kha-nu-kah and not tcha-new-kah.
This is how it is celebrated
A menorah is lit for eight nights. The menorah contains nine flames, one known as the shamash or companion, which were used to light the other eight candles. One candle is lit on the first night, followed by another on the second night and the last one on the eighth night.
Before the menorah is lit, special blessings are often recited in a traditional melody, followed by traditional songs.
Read the full guide on how to light a menorah here.
eat
Since Hanukkah is about oil, it is common to eat fried foods like potato fritters with applesauce or sour cream and jelly-filled donuts called sufganya.
Dreidel
It is customary to play dreidel, a four-sided top with Hebrew letters: well, gimmel, hei and shin, an acronym for nes gadol hayah sham or “a great miracle happened”. A person wins or loses based on the letter the dreidel lands.
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