To all those families celebrating Channukah, I'm wishing you a very Happy Channukah. On Thursday, I brought in a menorah and together as a class, we lit the candles and sung the special Channukah prayer. I read the students a story about the meaning of Channukah and we discussed all the wonderful foods traditionally eaten on Channukah such as potatoe latkes and jelly donuts. These foods are fried in oil to commemorate the oil in the temple that lasted for 8 days and 8 nights instead of only 1 day. This is the miracle of Channukah and the reason why we light candles for 8 nights..Traditionally, children receive Channukah gelt (coins) and play the dreidel game with their family and friends.
I have included a link to a very cute video made by the Macabeats about Channukah that the students watched today and really enjoyed!
This is the video by the Macabeats...enjoy!
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