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Sundown on December 2 marks the beginning of this year’s celebration of Hanukkah. How much do you know about this Jewish holiday?

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• The dates of Hanukkah vary each year. It begins on the 24th of the Hebrew month of Kislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar, which occurs in November-December of our Gregorian calendar. This year, the eight-day festival will conclude at sundown on December 10.

• The word Hanukkah is Hebrew for “dedication,” and is also known as the Festival of Lights. It’s the commemoration of the victory of a small group of Jews, led by Judah Maccabee, over the Syrian Greek army.

• Around 162 B.C., an army of Syrian Greeks under the leadership of King Antiochus IV descended on Jerusalem, killing thousands of Jews. The king overturned all the Jewish laws, forbade them to read from their holy books, and erected a statue of the Greek god Zeus in the Jewish temple in an attempt to force them to worship pagan gods.

• A Jewish priest near Jerusalem headed up the organization of an army to revolt against Antiochus’ oppression. The priest chose one of his sons, Judah Maccabeus to lead the army.

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After three years of fighting, the Greeks were driven out of the land.

• The Jews cleansed their temple, ridding it of the pagan gods, and rededicated it to Israel’s God. An eight-day celebration followed the cleansing, with the ceremonial light of the holy candelabrum, the Menorah. The Menorah was lit with oil, not candles as are today’s lamps.

• Only one vial of oil was found in the Temple, enough to keep the lamp burning for just one day out of the eight-day festival. The miracle of Hanukkah is that the Menorah continued to burn continuously for the entire eight days.

• The Temple’s original menorah (stolen by the Syrians) was fashioned from a single piece of pure beaten gold weighing nearly 100 lbs. (45.4 kg), and stood approximately 5.25 feet (1.6 m) tall. It had seven branches, with an oil lamp on top of each. The wicks of each lamp were made from the priests’ worn-out garments.

Prior to the Syrian invasion, the High Priest lit the lamps, and they burned from evening until morning. Only pure, fresh olive oil was used.

Three lamps were on the left side of the central one, representing the Spring feasts of the Jews – Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Feast of First Fruits. On the other side, were the symbols of the Fall feasts – Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles.

• The correct term for the Hanukkah menorah is “chanukihah.” It has nine branches that hold the candles – one for each day of the Festival of Lights, and the “shamash,” the one that is used to light the other candles. The shamash is a little higher or lower than the other candles. The first candle is lit at sundown on the 24th day of Kislev, lighting an additional candle each night until all eight are lit. Nine candles, including the shamash, glow on the final night. No one (continued on next page)

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blows out the candles, and they are allowed to extinguish naturally. Jewish law forbids Hanukkah candles to be used for any other purpose.

• After candles are lit on the Hanukkah menorah, Maoz Tzur, a hymn of praise to God for deliverance from persecution, is sung.

• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s largest menorah is 32 feet (9.7 m) tall, 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, and weighs 4,000 lbs. (1,814 kg). Unveiled opposite New York City’s Central Park in December, 2005, the menorah’s design was based on the Jerusalem’s temple menorah. It is lighted nightly during Hanukkah with oil lamps with glass chimneys to protect the light from wind.

• Traditional Hanukkah foods are deep-fried in oil, symbolizing the miracle of the oil that burned in the Temple. Especially popular are latkes, which are crispy potato pancakes, topped with applesauce. Jelly doughnuts might not have been around at the time of the Maccabees (the first known recipe was in a 1532 German cookbook), but these fried treats are a common food during Hanukkah.

• The Israeli version of doughnuts are known as “sufganiyah,” which translates “spongy” or “fried.” Israeli folklore states that when Adam and Eve were ejected from the Garden of Eden, God cheered them up with sufganiyot. The treats certainly cheer up today’s residents of Israel – they consume more than 18 million jelly doughnuts in the weeks around Hanukkah.

• The game of dreidel is a popular one during Hanukkah. The Hebrew word for dreidel is “sevivon,” which translates “to turn around.” The game piece is a small, flat-sided top that spins on a stem. Each side is marked with a different Hebrew letter -- N, G, H, and S, which stand for Nun, Gadol, Haya, and Sham, meaning “A great miracle happened there.” Each player has tokens to be placed in or removed from the (continued on next page)

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HANUKKAH (cont’d): “pot.” A spin landing on “N,” which means “nothing,” denotes that the player does nothing. Players that spin a “G,” which translates “everything,” takes the entire pot. An “H,” or “half,” takes half the pot, while a spin of “S,” meaning “put in,” requires the player to add a token to the pot.

• Members of the South Palm Beach community of Jewish people helped create the world’s most valuable dreidel, one valued at $14,000. In 2015, members donated precious gems to fashion the dreidel, which has a diamond foundation and spins on the diamond’s point.

• Hanukkah is the only Jewish festival not mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible, although a “feast of dedication” is mentioned in the book of John, perhaps a reference to the celebration of Hanukkah. The story of Hanukkah is told in the books of Maccabees in the Catholic Bible.

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This week, Tidbits takes a quick quest for quirky foods that begin with the letter “Q”.

• The 1871 poem “The Owl and the Pussy Cat” states that the pair dined “on mince, and slices of quince, which they ate with a runcible spoon.” What exactly is a quince? It’s a member of the same family as apples and pears, and ranges in size from an orange to a grapefruit.

The fruit is golden yellow and native to the Middle East. It’s a symbol of love and happiness, and in ancient times was always served at wedding feasts. Quince must be cooked before eating, since when raw it’s hard, bitter, and tart.

Its most common use is preserves and jellies, with a taste similar to apples and pears. Some believe a quince may have been the “forbidden fruit” eaten by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

• To a scientist, a quark is a group of subatomic particles that interact to become the components of matter. But in the food world, it’s a creamy type of cheese, with a taste and texture similar to a cross between cream cheese and ricotta.

It’s especially popular in Germany, Eastern Europe, and Slavic countries. It’s produced by warming soured milk until it curdles, when lactic acid bacteria are added. When the quark becomes acidic, the proteins leak out, which are strained through a cheesecloth, leaving the firm but creamy cheese behind. It’s sometimes compared to Greek yogurt, but the nutritional value of quark is much better. Greek yogurt has 7 grams of protein per 100 gram serving – quark has double that amount. (continued on next page) Solution on page 8

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The Kepler team members will beam a single, simple command to the sun-orbiting planet hunter, triggering a decommissioning sequence that’s already aboard the spacecraft. Kepler will shut down its radio transmitter and onboard fault-protection systems, becoming an inert chunk of metal that floats, silent and unresponsive, through the cold, dark depths of space.

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“Kepler is currently trailing the Earth by about 94 million miles, and will remain the same distance from (continued oin next column)

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“Q” FOODS (cont’d) • The word “quiche” has its origins in the French language around 1805, but the dish itself has been part of English, German, and Italian cuisine as well for centuries. It’s a pastry crust filled with eggs and cream, cheese, vegetables, and a choice of meat or seafood, such as bacon, ham, shrimp, or crab. The classic Quiche Lorraine, named for the Lorraine region of France, uses crisp bacon and Gruyere cheese.

In 1997, a French chef put together 125 quarts (118 liters) of milk, 1,928 eggs, 156 lbs. (70.8 kg) of bacon, 134 lbs. (60.8kg) of butter, and 140 lbs. (63.5 kg) of flour to make an enormous quiche that baked for 18 hours and fed 125 people.

• The French are also fond of quenelles, dumplings made from minced fish, meat, or vegetables, which are rolled in bread crumbs and eggs, and poached. The dumplings are usually served with a crayfish sauce or a cream sauce.

• Quinoa, pronounced KEEN-wa, is native to the Andes Mountains of South America. In fact, the best-tasting plants are grown above an elevation of 12,500 feet (3810 m). It’s now a popular crop grown in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where it was first sown in the 1980s.

Over 200,000 lbs. (90,718 kg) are grown there each year. This herb plant is a member of the goosefoot family, and its seeds are very nutritious, containing eight amino acids, B vitamins, Vitamin A, phosphorus, iron, and calcium. It’s an especially popular choice for those who are gluten-intolerant.

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(continued) the Earth for the foreseeable future,” So a rescue or refueling mission would be nearly impossible, Hubble Telescope has been repaired 5 times, but has the advantage of residing in low-Earth orbit—a mere 353 miles above our planet.

But Kepler was a historic telescope for the number of exoplanets we discovered. The spacecraft’s current tally stands at 2,681 alien worlds. Additionally, there are nearly 3,000 Kepler exoplanet “candidates” still awaiting confirmation, and history suggests that most of them will end up being confirmed.

Beyond just those raw numbers of discoveries however, the space telescope’s observations have revealed that planets vastly outnumber stars in the galaxy; that Earth-like, potentially habitable worlds may be common; and that planets, and planetary systems, are far more variable and diverse than the limited example provided by our own solar system. Such discoveries about other star systems and worlds are reshaping astronomers’ understanding of humanity’s place in the universe.

New observations by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft whose data had a precision of 4-5 times better than Kepler suggest that the actual number of earth like planets is probably significantly smaller than Kepler estimates. (cont’d on next page)

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November 25 marks the anniversary of the introduction of Woody Woodpecker in 1940.

Here are the facts about the history of this beloved cartoon character.

• Woody was created by Walter Lantz and artist Bugs Hardaway, who had previously been involved in the creation of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck at Warner Brothers Studios in the 1930s.

Woody was originally voiced by Mel Blanc, the “Man of 1,000 Voices,” who also voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, and scores of other characters.

• While Lantz was on his honeymoon at a California cabin with his wife Grace, a noisy woodpecker hammered away outside, keeping them awake at night. A heavy rainstorm revealed that the bird had bored holes in the roof. Grace had the idea of building a cartoon around their experience.

• Woody’s first cartoon short, “Knock, Knock” premiered on November 25, 1940, starring Woody, along with Andy Panda and Papa Panda. The little woodpecker became such a hit during World War II that his image was painted on the nose of US aircraft and on the walls of mess halls. A 1943 cartoon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject. The cartoons were so popular, boys even cut their hair in the style of the red-headed bird.

• Fans of Woody will know that his arch enemy was Wally Walrus, introduced in the cartoon short “The Beach Nut,” in 1944. Other enemies included Buzz Buzzard, Dirty McNasty, and Professor Grossenfibber. Woody’s love interest, Winnie Woodpecker, debuted in “Real Gone Woody” in 1954. Other friends included Chilly Willy, Sugarfoot, and Duffy Dog. Woody’s family included nephew Knothead, niece Splinter, and cousins Wilson, Richard, Did you hear about the family who got stuck Jonathan, and Nick. (continued on next page) on Peter Pan’s Flight for over 3 hours?

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(continued from page 6) Gaia’s observations suggest that some of the Kepler host stars are much brighter and bigger than previously believed. Planets orbiting such stars are therefore likely larger and hotter than previously thought.

There’s still plenty of potentially habitable real estate in the Milky Way. But the Gaia data reinforces that astronomers, astrobiologists and planetary scientists still have a lot to learn about exoplanet habitability.

“We’re still trying to figure out how big a planet can be and still be rocky,” Jessie Dotson, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.

Home of “Mission to Mars,” “Space Mountain,” and “Finding Nemo Voyage” And then there’s the concept of the habitable zone.

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• Turkey should be refrigerated or frozen within two hours after roasting. Remember, bacteria form rapidly in a cooked bird sitting at room temperature. Wrap the turkey as airtight as possible in aluminum foil and refrigerate.

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WOODY WOODPECKER (cont’d): • Although Mel Blanc was the first voice of Woody, the voice-over work was transferred to others when Blanc signed on full-time with Warner Brothers. It was Blanc’s voice that gave Woody his famous distinctive laugh. One of the voices, Kent Rogers, was killed in a World War II plane crash, and Woody’s artist Bugs Hardaway took over. Beginning in 1950, in a Woody Woodpecker feature film “Destination Moon,” the voice-over work was done by Walt Lantz’s wife Grace. When audition tapes were being reviewed by Walt for a new voice, Grace secretly slipped her own recording into a stack of the tapes, and Walt chose her without knowing her identity.

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• Woody Woodpecker made the transition into television in 1957 when ABC launched “The Woody Woodpecker Show.” It only ran until the following year, but then went into syndication until 1966. It was revived by NBC in 1970 for another six-year run. “The New Woody Woodpecker Show” aired on the Fox Kids channel from 1999 to 2002.

• From 1982 until 1996, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade featured a Woody Woodpecker balloon, one of the tallest and widest balloons ever to appear in the parade. This made it one of the trickiest to fly, triggering several encounters with trees over the years, ripping his stomach, legs, hands, and head in six separate incidents, including a run-in with a lamp post.

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