HANUKKAH A Celebration of the Festival of Lights
The holidays are fast approaching and soon we will engage in frenzied activity gathering with family and friends, shopping for perfect gifts and decorating our abodes to fit the mood of the season. Of course, Thanksgiving kicks-off our holiday month in the US. Thoughts of tables laden with candles, silverware and juicy turkeys occupy our minds and anticipation of the day’s football games is in the air. But, in a rare occurrence (one that will take several thousand years to replicate) Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah — the Jewish Festival of Lights — fall on the same date this year. This creates a day that many celebrants have dubbed as “Thanksgivukkah.” Recognizing the phenomenon of the shared date, we turn our attention to the Festival of Lights and explore its rich tradition.
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| November 2013