| Hanukkah, which means "dedication" and is also referred to as "The Festival of Lights", is a Jewish festival which begins on the Hebrew date of the 25th of Kislev and lasts eight days, through the 2nd of Tevet. This year, that corresponds to November 29 through December 6th. Hannukah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees (led by Judah) over the Hellenistic Syrians in a revolt that took place around 165 BCE (note: Jews use BCE--Before the Common Era and CE--the Common Era instead of BC and AD).
The victory in itself was considered a miracle, but Jewish legend gives an additional explanation for Hanukkah rituals, explained below. Once the Temple Mount in Jerusalem had been reclaimed, the Temple had to be rededicated. According to legend, only one jar of sacramental oil was found, enough for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days, thus the eight days of Hanukkah.
The most important Hanukkah ritual is the candle lighting. Jews light candles in a special candleholder called a "menorah" or a "hanukkiah". Each night, one more candle is added. The middle candle, called the "shamash", is used to light each of the other candles and it is lit every night. Therefore, on the first night of Hanukkah, two candles are lit (the shamash and the candle for the first night) and on the last night, there are nine lit candles.
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Want to send your friends a virtual Menorah
that will actually light up?
Want to share the spirit with your friends and fellow fighters and dfamily members and give them something really special to have on their website, or even get one for yourself for your website.
You pick a Menorah, or, if you'd like, we'll choose one for you at random, fill out the form below, and we'll send you, or your friend, the html coding for that Menorah. During each day of Hanukkah each Menorah candle will light up.
FILL IN THE FORM BELOW TO HAVE THE SPECIAL CODE SENT TO YOU OR YOUR FRIEND IN AN EMAIL MESSAGE
If you would like to see examples of
what the Menorah look like, you can see them here.
However, please do not copy the Menorah from that page and expect them to light up. For them to light, you MUST fill out the form below and
use the coding that we email to you.
AOL USERS PLEASE USE YOUR
FULL EMAIL ADDRESS
WITHOUT ANY SPACES.
YOURSCREENNAME@AOL.COM
AND
BE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR MAIL CONTROLS
SET
TO BLOCK MAIL FROM THE INTERNET. IF YOU ARE BLOCKING INTERNET
MAIL,
WE CAN NOT SEND YOU THE CODING FOR THE MENORAH.
The Official Site Fights Menorah
were created specifically for the Site Fights.
Menorah adoptions sponsored by The Starfighters
Script by Graeme
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