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Hanukkah is a joyous yearly festival spanning eight days and nights that is celebrated by Jews around the world. The holiday commemorates the successful Jewish revolt led by Judah Maccabee against the oppressive government of Antiochus IV in 165 B.C.
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For this and other reasons, Hanukkah is of specific importance to women. It is important, therefore, that they do no Melakha (work) while the lights are burning each night, - i.e. for the half hour that they are required to be alight. It is appropriate ... for a woman whose livelihood does not depend on it, to abstain from doing any Melakha on the first and last days of Hanukkah.
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The Hanukkah menorah is ... kindled daily in the synagogue, at night with the blessings and in the morning without the blessings. The menorah is not lit on the Sabbath, but rather prior to the beginning of the Sabbath at night and not at all during the day.
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Hanukkah starts Tuesday night, December 4, 2007 and continues 8 days until December 12th.Purim 2008 begins Thursday night, March 20, 2008. Taanit Esther is on Thursday March 20. Call Us at 888-578-6732 to make sure your items are in stock. Hanukkah is only a few days away. HAPPY HANUKKAH EVERYONE!!!
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Hanukkah services were disrupted in Pskov when someone threw a gas canister into the Jewish community center, according to a December 18, 2006 report by the AEN news agency. Worshippers were sickened by the gas and had to leave the Friday night service. Community leaders called the local FSB, which promised to investigate the incident. The Jewish community center is located inside the same building as a student dormitory, and this has at times led to harassment and vandalism targeting the community. Nevertheless, the local Jewish community remained undaunted and held services two days later without any further disruptions.
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Hanukkah is celebrated by a series of rituals that are performed every day throughout the 8-day holiday. Some are family-based and others are communal. There are special additions to the daily prayer service, and a section is added to the blessing after meals. Hanukkah is not a "Sabbath-like" holiday, and there is no obligation to refrain from activities that are forbidden on the Sabbath, as specified in the Shulkhan Arukh[13] People go to work as usual, but may leave early in order to be home to kindle the lights at nightfall. There is no religious reason for schools to be closed, although, in Israel, schools close for the whole week of Hanukkah.
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