{"id":2068,"date":"2012-12-14T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjhblog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2012\/12\/14\/sixth-day-hanukkah-for-the-whole-family-by-david\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T16:47:13","slug":"sixth-day-hanukkah-for-the-whole-family-by-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2012\/12\/14\/sixth-day-hanukkah-for-the-whole-family-by-david\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2068 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2012\/12\/14\/sixth-day-hanukkah-for-the-whole-family-by-david\/attachment\/2069\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tumblr_mf1ir1O31G1r3qmd1o1_540-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>Sixth Day<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanukkah for the Whole Family<\/strong><br \/>by David P. Rosenberg, <em>Senior Reference Librarian &#8211; Collections, Center for Jewish History<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Above image: Giant Hanukah candlelight ceremony at JCC, circa 1950. c\/o American Jewish Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Quizzes \u2013 Six questions for the sixth day<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The Teachers\u2019 guide for Hanukah 5718 (1957) by Isidore E. Krakower, Director of Religious Education, Religious School of Temple Shrey Tefilo (East Orange, NJ), reviews the basics, and puts an emphasis on the importance of religious freedom:<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>1) In what Hebrew month does Hanukah occur?<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0 Kislev<br \/>2) What day of the month<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0 25th day<br \/>3) What does Hanukah mean?<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0 Dedication<br \/>4) Give two names of the holiday in English.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0 Feast of Lights, Feast of Dedication<br \/>5) For how many days is it observed?<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0 8 days<br \/>6) What even tin Jewish history is celebrated?<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0 The successful struggle against the Greco-Syrian Empire by the Maccabees, for religious freedom, Rededication of the Temple.\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em><strong>Out of the Archives<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The Yeshiva University Museum library here at the Center for Jewish History has a book on Hanukkah menorahs of early Israel <em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.cjh.org\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&amp;ct=display&amp;fn=search&amp;doc=CJH_ALEPH000411664&amp;indx=1&amp;recIds=CJH_ALEPH000411664&amp;recIdxs=0&amp;elementId=0&amp;renderMode=poppedOut&amp;displayMode=full&amp;frbrVersion=&amp;dscnt=1&amp;scp.scps=scope%3A%28CJH%29%2Cscope%3A%28CJH_WARC_Projects%29&amp;frbg=&amp;tab=default_tab&amp;dstmp=1355496116901&amp;srt=rank&amp;mode=Basic&amp;dum=true&amp;vl%2814296373UI1%29=all_items&amp;vl%28freeText0%29=Lighting+the+way+to+freedom+%3A+treasured+Hanukkah+menorahs+of+early+Israel+&amp;vid=beta\" target=\"_blank\">Lighting the way to freedom : treasured Hanukkah menorahs of early Israel<\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em><strong>Sound recording<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.cjh.org\/R\/?func=dbin-jump-full&amp;object_id=259798\" target=\"_blank\">This upbeat digitized recording<\/a> has a handwritten note on the box &ldquo;[Henry V.] Besso and Blum [first name unknown] singing Hav\u00e1 Veranen\u00e1 [?] in Hebrew. Middle East Mudic + Fiddler on the Roof Instrumental.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Henry Victor Besso, scholar in the field of Sephardic Studies, writer, teacher, lecturer, and bibliographer, was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1905. <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.cjh.org:1801\/webclient\/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&amp;owner=resourcediscovery&amp;custom_att_2=simple_viewer&amp;pid=92154\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the finding aid for the collection of papers ASF holds.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><em><strong>Craft<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/search.cjh.org\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&amp;ct=display&amp;fn=search&amp;doc=CJH_ALEPH000282277&amp;indx=1&amp;recIds=CJH_ALEPH000282277&amp;recIdxs=0&amp;elementId=0&amp;renderMode=poppedOut&amp;displayMode=full&amp;frbrVersion=&amp;dscnt=1&amp;scp.scps=scope%3A%28CJH%29%2Cscope%3A%28CJH_WARC_Projects%29&amp;frbg=&amp;tab=default_tab&amp;dstmp=1355440588926&amp;srt=rank&amp;mode=Basic&amp;dum=true&amp;vl%2814296373UI1%29=all_items&amp;vl%28freeText0%29=The+kids%E2%80%99+catalog+of+Hanukkah&amp;vid=beta\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The kids\u2019 catalog of Hanukkah<\/em><\/a> suggests decorating a matchbox that will be used to light the candles (\u201cSpark your Shammash\u201d) and making a representational menorah out of fruit, with grapes and cherries as the flames (\u201cA Fruity Menorah\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Recipe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For many, the quintessential Hanukkah food is Brisket just as much as it is Latkes or Sufganiyah. <\/p>\n<p>There is one recipe in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.cjh.org\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&amp;ct=display&amp;fn=search&amp;doc=CJH_ALEPH000336469&amp;indx=1&amp;recIds=CJH_ALEPH000336469&amp;recIdxs=0&amp;elementId=0&amp;renderMode=poppedOut&amp;displayMode=full&amp;frbrVersion=&amp;dscnt=1&amp;scp.scps=scope%3A%28CJH%29%2Cscope%3A%28CJH_WARC_Projects%29&amp;frbg=&amp;tab=default_tab&amp;dstmp=1355436995574&amp;srt=rank&amp;mode=Basic&amp;dum=true&amp;vl%2814296373UI1%29=all_items&amp;vl%28freeText0%29=The+Jewish+Holiday+Cookbook+&amp;vid=beta\" target=\"_blank\">The Jewish Holiday Cookbook<\/a><\/em> for an \u201cEasy Wine-Marinated Brisket\u201d The author says that it goes well with latkes and that a cup of wine, soy sauce, grated onion, celery and garlic is all that is needed for a quality marinate. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, December 18th the Center is hosting an event \u201cLet\u2019s Brisket!\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjh.org\/event\/2137\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixth Day Hanukkah for the Whole Familyby David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian &#8211; Collections, Center for Jewish History Above image: Giant Hanukah candlelight ceremony at JCC, circa 1950. c\/o American Jewish Historical Society. Quizzes \u2013 Six questions for the sixth day\u00a0The Teachers\u2019 guide for Hanukah 5718 (1957) by Isidore E. Krakower, Director of Religious Education, Religious School of Temple Shrey Tefilo (East Orange,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[400,644,8,213],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-david-p-rosenberg","tag-hanukkah","tag-history","tag-holidays","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}