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Hanukkah

Filed under: Uncategorized — Abbey at 8:42 pm on Thursday, September 29, 2011

Today in class we learned about the different yearly events on the Jewish calendar. The only one I was aware of before today was Hanukkah so that is the one I will discuss first. My knowledge of this holiday was very limited. I just new that there was candles and kids got gifts everyday. Hanukkah is actually the Celebration of Independence. December 21st is the shortest day of the year and then starting the 22nd it stays lighter out longer. Many thousands of years ago, before Jesus was even born the Jewish believed that they had just enough lamp oil left to light up the temple. The light represents sacredness. However it turns out that the oil lasted 8 whole days. This holiday also represents re-dedication. Some christians think that the Jewish started Hanukkah trying to copy Christmas. However this is not true.



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   Drew

October 6, 2011 @ 3:27 am

I also thought it was interesting that the Jewish holiday came first. I think it is funny how arrogant we can be. We think so many times that we are the best or most important thing. We get so many misconceptions because we are so arrogant.

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   Amber

October 19, 2011 @ 6:54 pm

Hanukkah was the only holiday that I had recollection of also. It was interesting to learn about the other holidays that they celebrate and to get some insight on what is important to them. Learned a lot from that day in class.

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