HanukkaHanukkahh

New WordsNew WordsJudaism

Jewish people

Light(s) 光光

holidaycelebrate

ユダヤ教ユダヤ人祝日・祭日祝う

armytemple

fight

お寺軍隊戦う

It’s イスラエル !

What What country is country is this?this?

？？Hint ①:__’s capital city ( 首都 ) is Jerusalem.

Hint ②:Jerusalem isエルサレム in Japanese.

Hanukkah is Hanukkah is “Festival of “Festival of LightsLights” ”

in English.in English.Why is it called that?Why is it called that?

the templethe temple

an armyan army

the Maccabeesthe Maccabees

The Maccabees

won!

What’s oiloil?

This is an old jar of oiloil.

oil lampsoil lamps

How long does new oil How long does new oil take to make? take to make?

8 days!8 days!

One jar One jar of oiloil is only one day one day of lightlight.

They lit the lamp…

How How long did long did the oil the oil burn burn for?for?

It burned for days!eight

It was a miracle.

From that time, we celebrate Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights) every year.

How do we How do we celebrate celebrate Hanukkah Hanukkah

now?now?Let’s look at some pictures!

candle(s)

menorah

“helper candle”

When is Hanukkah?When is Hanukkah?

It is from November 27November 27thth to December 4 December 4thth

this year. • How long is Hanukkah?

In Israel, there is no school and no work for one week!

It is for 8 days!

Let’s see some families!Let’s see some families!

These students are at school in These students are at school in Israel.Israel.

We light the candles We light the candles in our menorah.in our menorah.

What’s a menorah?How many candles are there?

This is my house.That’s me, lighting the menorah candles.Max and Liz are singing in Hebrew.

A big menorah! Where is A big menorah! Where is it?it?

Here’s Hanukkah in the White Here’s Hanukkah in the White House!House!

We eat We eat special special foods!foods!

latkes

sufganiyot donuts

Why do we eat these Why do we eat these foods?foods?

They’re cooked in oil!

LATKES!

This is a dreidel!

We play games!We play games!

Let’s play Let’s play dreidel!dreidel!