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The Allenby APA’s DEI & Wellness Committee is pleased to share information on heritage and history months celebrated by the TDSB. We also encourage Allenby families to share their celebrations and traditions with us so that we can learn more about each other and connect as a community.
Thank you to Niman family for sharing this month.
Hanukkah (Chanukah) is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods. This year it is from December 25-January 2, 2025.
At the heart of the festival is the nightly menorah lighting. The menorah holds nine flames, one of which is the shamash (“attendant”), which is used to kindle the other eight lights. On the first night, we light just one flame. On the second night, an additional flame is lit. By the eighth night of Chanukah, all eight lights are kindled.
Since the Chanukah miracle involved oil, it is customary to eat foods fried in oil. The Eastern-European classic is the potato latke (pancake) garnished with applesauce or sour cream, and the reigning Israeli favourite is the jelly-filled sufganya (doughnut).
Find the perfect Chanukah recipe.
On Chanukah, it is customary to play with a “dreidel” (a four-sided spinning top bearing the Hebrew letters, nun, gimmel, hei and shin, an acronym for nes gadol hayah sham, “a great miracle happened there”). The game is usually played for a pot of coins, nuts, or other stuff, which is won or lost based on which letter the dreidel lands when it is spun.
Learn how to play dreidel.
There are many songs sung at Chanukah, but Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah songis funny and adored by many!
Happy Holidays everyone!!
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