How to celebrate Hanukkah
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Hanukkah tells the story of how our God protected our ancestors. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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Hanukkah is a holiday celebrating miracles! Hanukkah is about God protecting our Jewish ancestors. Ancestors are part of our family that lived a long time ago. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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During Hanukkah we remember the Macabees, our Jewish ancestors. The Macabees only had enough oil for one day, but God protected them and made the oil last for 8 days! © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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A hanukiah has 9 candles. The middle candle is a very important candle called the“Shamash.” We use the Shamash candle to light all the other candles. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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During Hanukkah, we light the first candle on Friday and light a new candle everyday for 8 days. We light the candle before it gets dark. We must onlyuse the Shamash candle to light the menorah. We must never blow out the candles until Hanukkah is done. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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Sometimes lighting candles can be scary. It is okay to be scared. If you get scared, you can tell your parents, “I feel scared.” © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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On Hanukkah we say special blessings or prayers. Blessings are a way to be respectful or nice to God and our Jewish ancestors. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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The blessings might sound different because we say blessings in Hebrew. Hebrew is the way our Jewish ancestors used to talk. I should be quiet when someone is saying a blessing and wait until they say it is ok to talk again. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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When we celebrate Hanukkah I will get a special present every night. When someone gives me a present I should say “thank you” and smile. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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During Hanukkah we play with a toy called a dreidel. It is a spinning toy that has 4 sides. There are four letters on the sides of the dreidel. The letters are called Nun, Gimmel, Hay, and Shin. The letters mean “A Great Miracle Happened There.” © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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Happy Hanukkah
Hanukkah is a very special holiday that we spend with family and friends. I should thank God because he helped our ancestors so that we can be with our friends and family. © 2020 Special Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
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