[Teachldsseminary] HANUKKAH Dec. 5-12

[lorrie peterson]

Linda, Thank you so much for the Hanukkah information.  I have a menorah but wasn't sure how to use it.
Lorrie EMS Oregon> From: lindaharper at bellsouth.net> To: teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:12:45 -0500> Subject: [Teachldsseminary] HANUKKAH Dec. 5-12> > Does anyone have a plan or ideas or activity for Hanukkah starting this> Wednesday? I know it's not one of the original holidays found in the OT,> but my students usually ask about what it is so I give a short explanation> each year.> > > > I wondered if anyone has adapted the Dradel game to be a SM game?> > > > Here's information I have but haven't figured out how to use the game as a> SM game.> > > > Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days and nights, starting on the 25th of> Kislev on the Hebrew calendar (which is November-December on the Gregorian> calendar). In Hebrew, the word "Hanukkah" means "dedication." The holiday> commemorates the rededication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem after the> Jews' 165 B.C. victory over the Hellenist Syrians. Antiochus, the Greek King> of Syria, outlawed Jewish rituals and ordered the Jews to worship Greek> gods.> > In 168 B.C. the Jews' holy Temple was seized and dedicated to the worship of> Zeus.> > Some Jews were afraid of the Greek soldiers and obeyed them, but most were> angry and decided to fight back.> > The fighting began in Modiin, a village not far from Jerusalem. A Greek> officer and soldiers assembled the villagers, asking them to bow to an idol> and eat the flesh of a pig, activities forbidden to Jews. The officer asked> Mattathias, a Jewish High Priest, to take part in the ceremony. He refused,> and another villager stepped forward and offered to do it instead.> Mattathias became outraged, took out his sword and killed the man, then> killed the officer. His five sons and the other villagers then attacked and> killed the soldiers. Mattathias' family went into hiding in the nearby> mountains, where many other Jews who wanted to fight the Greeks joined them.> They attacked the Greek soldiers whenever possible.> > Judah Maccabee and his soldiers went to the holy Temple, and were saddened> that many things were missing or broken, including the golden menorah. They> cleaned and repaired the Temple, and when they were finished, they decided> to have a big dedication ceremony. For the celebration, the Maccabees wanted> to light the menorah. They looked everywhere for oil, and found a small> flask that contained only enough oil to light the menorah for one day.> Miraculously, the oil lasted for eight days. This gave them enough time to> obtain new oil to keep the menorah lit. Today Jews celebrate Hanukkah for> eight days by lighting candles in a menorah every night, thus commemorating> the eight-day miracle.> > > > The modern home celebration of Chanukah centers around the lights of the> Chanukah, a special menorah for Chanukah; unique foods, latkes and jelly> doughnuts; and special songs and games, including the dreidel game.> > > > DRADEL GAME> > (a four sided top that you spin and how it lands means different things: > > Distribute the tokens evenly among all of the players. The tokens can be any> little thing: pennies, nuts, raisins, matchsticks, etc. > > Direct each player to place one token in the middle of the circle to create> "the pot." > > Take turns spinning the dreidel. (In some variations of the game, it always> starts with the youngest player.) The dreidel will land in such a way that> one and only one letter shows on top. According to the letter appearing, the> player should perform the following action:> > Nun in the game of dreidel means you get nothing.> > Shin in the game of dreidel means you put one into the pot. > > Gimel in the game of dreidel means you get everything from the pot.> > Heh in the game of dreidel means you get half of everything from the pot.> > > > > > TIPS:> > If the pot empties, or has only one token left, each player should put> another token in the pot. > > If a player runs out of tokens, he either leaves the game or takes a loan of> tokens from another player. > > A fun variation is to use chocolate instead of coins, so you can eat your> winnings when the game ends. > > In Israel, the letter shin is usually replaced with the letter peh for the> word "poh" to create the phrase "a great miracle happened here." > > In another version of the game, you may match the pot when Shin appears, and> put one in when Nun appears. > > In Yiddish, the dreidel is also called "fargle" and "varfl." In Israel, the> Hebrew term "sevivon" (from the root meaning "turn around or spin") is used.> > > > > > > _______________________________________________> FREE teachldsseminary email list sponsored by Latter-dayVillage.com> teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com> http://latter-dayvillage.com/mailman/listinfo/teachldsseminary_latter-dayvillage.com> or http://tinyurl.com/bemmh > > List archives at http://latter-dayvillage.com/pipermail/teachldsseminary_latter-dayvillage.com/> or http://tinyurl.com/7dpqf > > List FAQ:> http://latter-dayvillage.com/support/users/kb.php?category_id=3
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