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1. Chanukah Crafts and Gifts This lens features Chanukah crafts, decorations, cards and gifts for children to make for the Festival of the Lights. Making home made Chanukah holiday crafts and gifts helps children explore fun activities that teach them about Jewish culture and tr...
2. Playing Dreidel--A Chanukah Tradition Every religion has its rituals and traditions, and that is true of Chanukah as well. In our family, we light the Chanukah candles each night of Chanukah, eat our dinner, then after dinner we play the game of dreidel. Dreidel is a traditional Chanuka...
3. Chanukah Coloring Fun Chanukah coloring pages and coloring craft sheets will entertain children from tots to tweens (and perhaps a few adults, too) for hours suring the 8 days of the Festival of Lights holiday. In the days before Hanukkah, children will enjoy coloring gre...
4. Gifts for Anyone and Everyone - Even if They are Hard to Shop For Whether it's the cost factor, the relationship factor, or plain old insecurity, a lot of people get very nervous about giving gifts, no matter the occassion. There are two main philosophies when it comes to gift giving: give something a person wants...
5. When does Hanukkah begin in 2009? Hannukah is based on the Jewish calendar - it begins at sundown on the 25th day of Kislev and concludes on the 2nd or 3rd day of Tevet (Kislev can have 29 or 30 days). Quick answer: in 2009, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Friday, December 11, 2009. Ha...
6. How do you spell Hanukkah? The pie chart here is from the blog Unbecoming Levity - the author researched spellings of this Jewish Holiday in a OneLook.com dictionary search and plotted out which are the most common spellings. His conclusion: Hanukkah 39%, Chanukah 31%, Hanukah...
7. Funny Holiday Videos Add some cheer to your holiday...or at least a smile any time of the year with this collection of funny holiday videos. We've pre-screened some of the funniest holiday inspired videos we've found to share with you here. Okay, so it is a bit Adam San...
8. The TJC Hanukah Songbook I was music director for the "Cantor Corps" at Temple Judea Reform in Durham and directed the Triangle Jewish Chorale for fourteen years. Before that, I directed a group called the Solstice Assembly which put on many winter shows incorporat...
9. Chanukah Toys, Gifts, and Fun for Children Your one-stop-shop for Chanukah fun, gift ideas, toys, books, and games for children. I get so tired of shopping during the holidays and finding a glut of Christmas items, but a poor selection of things for Chanukah. Save time and money this year by...
10. The Meaning of Chanukah The story of Chanukah begins in the reign of Alexander the Great. Alexander conquered Palestine, but allowed the lands under his control to continue observing their own religions and retain a certain degree of autonomy. Under this relatively benevol...
11. Hanukkah What is Hanukkah?  Is it the Jewish Christmas?  Why do I see it spelled so many different ways?  These are some questions that you frequently hear asked about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.  What most people don't know is that Ha...
12. Potato Latkes for Chanukah Chanukah is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. I think that I like it so much because I always associate it with family, warmth, and good potato pancakes recipes. Of course, in our family, it is also a time to exchange presents which is fun in...
13. Hanukkah Gifts Hanukkah begins December 12, so we thought we'd make a lens with some unique gift ideas for the holiday!
14. The best Jewish lenses at Squidoo At the top of this lens: my own Jewish lenses. Below: a plexo with great Jewish lenses I've seen at Squidoo. Feel free to add your own!
15. Judaism, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Culture Headquarters Judaism, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Culture This group is about being Jewish--the religion, the culture, and all the things that make up Jewish life. As long as your lens had to do with Judaism in a positive light, it is welcome.
16. Quiz: Judaism facts and trivia Test your knowledge about one of the oldest world faiths that still lives, one that has impacted the history of world religion a LOT. So, do you know the basics? Do you know some trivia that are a bit more specialist about the Jewish people, their fa...
17. The Return of Layaway If you had asked me two years ago if I would have a layaway program in my store, I would have told you a definite "no." We had a layaway program in our store, and for an entire holiday shopping season, only had 6 customers take advantage of the progr...
18. Chanukah Holiday Shopping Made Simple Hanukkah is a busy time of year.  8 Crazy Nights.  8 Presents.  In order to make sure you have time to enjoy this time of the year with your family, I have setup this lense to help you find the best gift deals on the web so you can enj...
19. Gift Ideas for Hanukkah - Start early this year! Chanukah -- the eight-day festival of light that begins on the eve of Kislev 25 -- celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality. More than twenty-one centuries ago, the Holy Land was ru...
20. Skype Gifts Do you have the Skype bug? Are you spreading the word? Or maybe you know someone far away who could do with a reminder to stay in touch. I've made this Skype Gifts lens to share some of my picks for the kinds of things that can brighten a Skyper's li...