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Hanukkah
By: Thitpualso Date: November 25, 2018, 7:31 pm
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I just saw a wonderful show about the upcoming holiday on PBS
and I was just wondering, ‘What is the proper spelling?’
The show also presented the history of Hanukkah in North America
and ways in which different families celebrate. What stories do
members here have to share?
I’m not Jewish but my third grade teacher in public school was
the wife of the local rabbi. We learned quite a bit about
Jewish holidays and I’ve always enjoyed learning more because
the more we know about each other, the richer we all become.
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Re: Hanukkah
By: Rho Date: November 25, 2018, 9:40 pm
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The proper spelling of the word is:
חנוכה
'hay,'nun','vov', 'coff', 'hay'
Because the word is Hebrew. English or spellings in other
languages are transliterations with no official spelling.
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Re: Hanukkah
By: Pattycake Date: November 26, 2018, 9:05 am
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Thanks, Rho! I knew any other spelling was transliteration and
none were THE way to spell, but I couldn't think how to say it.
Cool that you included the "proper" spelling!
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Re: Hanukkah
By: STiG Date: November 26, 2018, 9:31 am
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Way back in the 50's, my Dad was teaching the Christmas story to
his class - it was the done thing, at that point in time.
A parent asked to see him. She told my Dad that her family was
Jewish; his heart sank because he thought he had caused offence.
But then she said that she had no problem with her son learning
the Christmas story but wondered if she and her son might be
allowed to present how and why they celebrated the holidays.
Dad was thrilled and jumped at the idea. And none of the other
parents complained, either.
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Re: Hanukkah
By: lowspark Date: November 26, 2018, 9:32 am
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The trouble is that the first letter is pronounced with the sort
of guttural kh sound, for which there is no letter in English.
Thus the dilemma on how to spell it in English: Ch vs. H.
In my family we've always celebrated it as the minor holiday
that it is. We light candles for eight nights and I usually make
latkes (potato pancakes) one night, but otherwise, it's not much
of a big deal.
This year, I'm having a few friends over Sunday night, the first
night, for dinner and to light candles. Mainly just an excuse
for a small party! :)
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Re: Hanukkah
By: GardenGal Date: November 26, 2018, 2:15 pm
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Although I've been an atheist for the last 60 years, I was
raised in a very traditional Jewish home. My mom always lit our
Chanukah candles in the living room window, which looked out on
our street, because she said it was important that we be proud
of our heritage and to let people know about it. We would get
small gifts each of the first 7 nights, and a larger gift on the
8th night. At some point we'd eat the traditional potato
pancakes (called latkes) with applesauce, and would probably
have party with all my Mom's large family.
My grandfather, who was Jewish, was tremendously fond of
Christmas decorations, and I can remember my dad driving him and
our family around our neighborhood to see all the ways people
had decorated their houses.
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Re: Hanukkah
By: Jayhawk Date: November 26, 2018, 3:52 pm
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And now I want latkes.
Happy Hanukkah!
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Re: Hanukkah
By: Thitpualso Date: November 26, 2018, 4:21 pm
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Oh, The holiday season was very festive in our third grade
classroom.
We had our little Christmas tree decorated with paper cup bells,
popsicle stick snowflakes and paper chains. We also had our
menorah in the window. We had candy canes and we had little
mesh bags of chocolate gelt. Of course, we played with dreidels.
It was considered a math lesson.
Mrs. Kranzler taught Saturday School at her synagogue and
brought in coloring papers. Most of us kids were either Catholic
or main-line Protestant but all the boys went over the moon when
they saw those.
8 year-old boys think they’re a little too cool for Santa or
Frosty the Snowman. The Maccabees were something else. Wow!
These are big guys with beards and swords and capes!
Of course, the latkes were a big hit. When I was a teen my Mom
told me that many of the PTA Moms asked Mrs. Kranzler for the
recipe. After all, those potato pancakes were the perfect thing
to serve with their New Year’s Day pork roast.
The few Jewish kids in the class introduced us to the exotic
culinary delight of combining apple sauce with sour cream on the
latkes. We won’t even talk about how fast the jelly doughnuts
disappeared.
Ain’t diversity grand?
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Re: Hanukkah
By: Songbird Date: November 26, 2018, 11:00 pm
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My daughter’s kindergarten teacher was upset when the school
decided to do away with the traditional Christmas party. She
found a way to have her Christmas party — and several additional
parties.
Our school district is very diverse. At the beginning of the
school year the teacher asked the parents what holiday or
holidays each family observed, and then invited parents to teach
a cultural lesson to the class explaining their holiday and its
traditions. Including traditional foods, of course.
My daughter learned about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Chinese New Year
as well as Christmas that year. So later, when she had friends
celebrating Eid or Diwali, she was open to learning about and
enjoying those celebrations as well.
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Re: Hanukkah
By: STiG Date: November 27, 2018, 8:31 am
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[quote author=Songbird link=topic=836.msg20064#msg20064
date=1543294858]
My daughter’s kindergarten teacher was upset when the school
decided to do away with the traditional Christmas party. She
found a way to have her Christmas party — and several additional
parties.
Our school district is very diverse. At the beginning of the
school year the teacher asked the parents what holiday or
holidays each family observed, and then invited parents to teach
a cultural lesson to the class explaining their holiday and its
traditions. Including traditional foods, of course.
My daughter learned about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Chinese New Year
as well as Christmas that year. So later, when she had friends
celebrating Eid or Diwali, she was open to learning about and
enjoying those celebrations as well.
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That is awesome! All schools should have a 'Major Religions of
the World' required course. I think it would really help foster
understanding in the younger generations, who will eventually
become the older generation - and teach that understanding to
their own children. Education is power!
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