[ April 18, 2024 ]
Tonight’s the first night of Chanukah. We have so much to be thankful for but most especially President Trump. In this year 5778 the darkness has lifted. We escaped from a very long, nightmare. Baruch HaShem. Latkes for everyone!
Or for the more traditional among you:
And of course, the story of Hanukkah (thanks to Chabad):
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Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods.
The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple (as you’ll read below). Also spelled Hanukkah (or variations of that spelling), the Hebrew word is actually pronounced with a guttural, “kh” sound, kha-nu-kah, not tcha-new-kah.
What Chanukah Commemorates
Artist Dominic Alves captured this image of a snowy Chanukah in Brighton, UK.In the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs instead of mitzvah observance and belief in G‑d. Against all odds, a small band of faithful Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, defeated one of the mightiest armies on earth, drove the Greeks from the land, reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it to the service of G‑d.
When they sought to light the Temple’s Menorah (the seven-branched candelabrum), they found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks. Miraculously, they lit the menorah and the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity.
To commemorate and publicize these miracles, the sages instituted the festival of Chanukah.
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11 Comments
4 years ago
Reply to
livingengine
I find it interesting that this link of Pam Geller speaking in 2015 about the Garland, TX cartoon contest bombing has no commentary. Does this person come on here regularly that we know they aren’t a Dem-Rat plant trying to divide us against Pam Geller and Pres. Donald Trump?
That supposed conservative moderator, Pam Geller was dealing with sucked who tried to turn the focus of the show episode around to put Pam Geller down! Like Pam Geller said, we should all just become Muslim and not offend them using the critics’ logic of that event Pam Geller put on in Garland, TX that was a victim of terrorism!
Pres. Donald Trump has grown as a moderate, bipartisan GOP businessman from NY, I believe pushed to the right by the unexpected, unrelenting hostility he received early on from the Left! He is providential at this time!
Fact is now Pres. Trump knows that from the time of his election, the Dem-Rats, not successful via voting fraud increasing the vote totals of their Dem-Wit voters in 2016, at the highest levels, started planning a series of efforts to criminally impeach him out of office culminating in this event we are dealing with in the Dem-Rat dominated House again, supported by Dem-Wits now! However, the Dem-Rats are going to learn, Karma is a b–ch! Since then, I’ve noticed a proliferation of weird commentary that if one examines it subtly seeks to influence rightists on rightists boards to have critical thoughts about Pres. Donald Trump ultimately but also strident supporters of his like Pam Geller!
The Dem-Rats are clever sometimes, folks! Blessed Chanukah and western Christmas Eve as the original calendar of the Eastern Orthodox, the majority of which in the world are Russians, has Christmas on the 7th, believe it or not!
4 years ago
Survey of “Holiday Movies” reveals absolutely nothing but Christmas movies. Where are the others this holiday? I’m ok with everything else but where the duck are they? Locally at the “Holiday” tree lighting there is now an Islamic crescent. Why? Why dafuq why? There is no Islamic festival at this time.
4 years ago
Reply to
Philip
For the sake of “diversity” anything BUT Judaism, Chanukah
and for Christians, Christmas are acceptable.
4 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
I’m ok with festivus for the rest of us and kwanza and every other HOLIDAY anyone wants. More holidays means more good cheer, hopefully. Cheerful people are awesome, generally. Merry Christmas, Felix1999! ????
4 years ago
Reply to
Philip
You are right! Chanukah & Christmas are the dominant and founding holidays of western civilization. Islamic holidays have nothing to do with us outside their own Mosques! There has been a deliberate effort to remove religious meanings of the 2 dominant religions from the holidays! Blessed Chanukah and Christmas Eve, folks!
4 years ago
4 years ago
Ummmm, latkes.
4 years ago
How many US Jews agree?
4 years ago
What doesn’t ever seem to be discussed about the Maccabees is that they beheaded the Seleucid general and brought back his severed head to Yerushalem. Nicanor Day celebrated this victory and was observed in Yeshua’s time as well as Hillel’s.
4 years ago
Chanukah Sameach, indeed. But the year is 2019.
