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Chanukah 2015
WITH FEDERATION, YOU HELP CREATE SOMEONE'S MIRACLE
It’s Chanukah! You’re in the kitchen frying up latkes. Lighting the menorah. Giving out gifts. Good things you do every year for your family. But while you’re doing them—why not do good things for your global family as well? You can do it from anywhere. Even your own kitchen. DONATE
Giving & Global Impact
While frying latkes, lighting the menorah, and giving gifts why not also do good globally?
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The Story of Chanukah
Hanukkah, or the Festival of Rededication, celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its defilement by the Syrian Greeks in 164 BCE. Although it is a late addition to the Jewish liturgical calendar, the eight-day festival of Hanukkah has become a very beloved and
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Guide to Lighting Chanukah Candles
The candles should be lit at sunset or afterwards. Using an extra candle called the Shamash, light one candle on the first night (starting at the extreme right side of the chanukiah) and add a candle each night. By the eighth night, all eight candles are lit. Before lighting, two blessings