Hannukah is a Jewish feast celebrated more elaborately in North America than in Israel, where - for me - it slipped by barely noticed as there were no days off work or school...
There were jelly donuts (called sufganiot in Hebrew) and potato pancakes (latkes) to eat... (food fried in oil - as this is the celebration of the miracle of a day's supply of oil in the temple miraculously lasting 8 days.) This occurred when Jerusalem was under siege, about 100 years before the birth of Jesus.
Hannukah is not mentioned in the New Testament - at least, not by that name - so Christians normally don't know a lot about it. However there is a reference to Hannukah in the New Testament - in John 10:22 it is referred to as the Feast of Dedication - another name for Hannukah. Jesus observed it. (Thanks, RM, for that bit of information.)
This year, Hannukah ends on December 9 - the holiday follows the Jewish calendar... But before it ends, I thought I'd pass on this new Hannukah song... Its catchy tune keeps going around in my head!
(The singers are an a cappella group from Yeshiva University in New York City.)
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