HANUKKAH

1. HANUKKAH Gema García Boluda 3ºA Bilingüe

2. What is hanukkah? • Hanukkah is the festival of lights and it´s from Jewish religion. • It´s usually celebrated in November or December and it lasts for eight days. • Its traditions are: • *Lighting candles • *Giving presents • *Playing games • *Eating food fried in oil

3. Candles: • Candles are very special in this festival. • Its name is Hanukkah menorah or Hanukkiah. • It has beenusedsinceancient times as a Jewish Symbol • Hanukkiah´s got nine candles and ligths Hanukkah´s night time. • In London theycelebrateHanukkah´s London Festival putting a very big lit up with some candles for the Jewish Festival of Lights in UK. • In Trafalgar Square installed a Chritsmas tree for close truly the • multicultural winter event.

4. Playing dreidel: • A dreidel is a spinning top with four sides and on each one of this sides are Hebrew letters. • This play is traditional over the world but it´s born in Jewish houses in London. Its rules vary from family to family. • In some games, you can play with the dreidel. The spinning turn and the players start to bet. When the spinning stops and show a letter, only one person win the betting. • Usually, people bet using coins, raisins or matchsticks.

5. Food: • The traditional food at Hanukkah is fried food. • Typical plates • Latkes: fried pamcakes made with potatoes, onions, eggs, flour and oil. • Doughnuts filled of jam. • Cheese or Cheesecake.

6. Presents and cards: • Give money or presents to family and friends is traditional at Hanukkah. • Gelt is the Yiddis word for money. Hanukkah Gelt refers to money like a gift at Hanukkah´s festival. • Children often wrap chocolate coins in gold foil. • People write gretting cards too, and Hanukkah´s cards show a picture of menorah or dreidel.

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