Every Person's Guide to Hanukkah

by Isaacs, Ronald H.

• ISBN13: 9780765760449
• ISBN10: 0765760444
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-31
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

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Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Hanukkah in Jewish History	1	(24)
In the Bible	3	(3)
First and Second Book of Maccabees	6	(4)
The Miracle of the Fire	10	(1)
Hannah and Her Seven Sons	11	(1)
The Scroll of Antiochus	12	(2)
The Story of Judith	14	(2)
Historical Time Line	16	(2)
In Rabbinic Literature	18	(3)
Biblical Allusions to Hanukkah	21	(4)
Celebrating In The Home And In The Synagogue	25	(20)
In the Synagogue	27	(4)
In the Home	31	(4)
Family Hanukkah Innovations	35	(10)
Have a Family Discussion	35	(1)
Volunteer to Help the Needy	36	(1)
Affix a Mezuzah	36	(1)
Put up a Mizrach	36	(1)
Torch Run	37	(1)
Design Hanukkiot	37	(1)
Gifts to the Poor	37	(1)
Sponsor a Family Hanukkah Quiz Night	38	(1)
Puzzles	38	(1)
Have a Zionist Hanukkah Celebration	39	(2)
Honor Someone or Something Special	41	(1)
Make Hanukkah Foods	41	(2)
Have a Dedication Hanukkah Night	43	(2)
Basic Hanukkah Laws and Customs	45	(14)
Hanukkah Songs	59	(14)
``Maoz Tzur''	61	(3)
``Hanerot Hallalu''	64	(1)
``Al HaNissim: For the Miracles You Wrought''	65	(1)
``My Dreidel''	66	(1)
``Mi Yemalel''	67	(1)
``Sevivon''	68	(1)
``Once Upon a Time''	68	(1)
``Hanukkah, Hanukkah''	69	(1)
``Not By Might''	70	(1)
``Oh Hanukkah''	70	(1)
``Ner Li''	70	(3)
Hanukkah Oddities and Curiosities	73	(14)
Pagan Origin of Hanukkah	75	(1)
Nicanor Day	75	(1)
The Halley's Comet Hanukkah Connection	75	(1)
The Thousand in a Cave	76	(1)
Hanukkah---a Second Sukkot	76	(1)
No Hanukkah in 3031	77	(1)
Stamps of Israel	77	(1)
Never on Tuesday	77	(1)
Zot Hanukkah	77	(1)
Judas Maccabeus	77	(1)
Antiochia	77	(1)
Hanukkah Rhyming Quiz	77	(1)
Effigies in Kurdistan	78	(1)
Candles in Turkey	78	(1)
Lights	78	(1)
Psalm 30	78	(1)
Hanukkiot and Pointed Stars	78	(1)
Where to Get Pure Olive Oil	78	(1)
Jews Rested on the 25th of Kislev	79	(1)
Maccabee and its Etymology	79	(1)
Longest Grace after Meals	79	(1)
Seven Hanukkahs	79	(1)
Hanukkah and Jewish Warriors	80	(1)
Hanukkah Light and Talmud Scholars	80	(1)
Women, Leisure Time, and Hanukkah Lights	81	(1)
The Dreidel and the Crime of Studying Torah	81	(1)
Hanukkah as a Class Struggle	81	(1)
Maccabiah	81	(1)
Eight Spears That Were Used as Hanukkah Wicks	81	(1)
A Hanukkah Wordplay	81	(1)
Judah the Hammer	82	(1)
Coins and the Story of Hanukkah	82	(1)
Hanukkah Gelt	82	(1)
Goose---A Hanukkah Dish	82	(1)
Playing Cards and Hanukkah	83	(1)
The Syrian-Greeks in the Hanukkah Story	83	(1)
The Book of the Maccabees---a Non-biblical Book	83	(1)
Giant Hanukkiot	84	(1)
A Marble Hanukkah	84	(1)
How Many Ways to Spell Hanukkah	84	(1)
The Hillel and Bet Shammai Controversy	84	(1)
Hidden Meaning of Hasmonean	85	(1)
Hanukkah, Only Once	85	(1)
No God in First Book of Maccabees	85	(1)
Explanations for the Eight-Day Celebration of Hanukkah	86	(1)
Hanukkah in Christianity	86	(1)
Maccabean Saints	86	(1)
Hanukkah in Talmud and Jewish Legend	87	(10)
Notable Hanukkah Quotations	97	(4)
Hanukkah Games	101	(14)
Dreidel	103	(1)
Pin the Candles on the Menorah	104	(1)
Play's the Game	105	(2)
The Merry Feast Game	107	(1)
Dancing Doughnuts	108	(1)
Scrambled Sentences	109	(1)
Hanukkah Squares	110	(2)
Let's Make a Match	112	(2)
Jewish Identity Hanukkah Game	114	(1)
Hanukkah In The Short Story	115	(46)
Hanukkah Light in Warsaw	117	(6)
A Menorah in Tel Aviv	123	(5)
The Great Hanukkah Strike	128	(5)
The Rescued Menorah: An American Tale	133	(8)
The Secret of the Shammash: A Sephardic Tale	141	(8)
A Melody in Israel: An Israeli Tale	149	(12)
Glossary of Terms	161	(4)
For Further Reading	165	(4)
Index	169