A fully formatted, printer-ready PDF format of the Hanukkah seder is available for just $5 in my Etsy Shop. Purchases support my work both financially and spiritually, by letting me know you appreciate and are using the work. Overview Elements: Water (have) Fire (need) Themes: Re/Dedication, Heroes/Heroines, Light in the...
read moreGet this widget! I think I’ll add new presents each day of Hanukkah under this menorah — just like at home. One thing I promise, no six packs of socks! Seventh Present Happy Winter Solstice! Here’s a collection of Jewish winter solstice stories to light your way through this dark night Thanks to Jason at Wild Hunt...
read moreHappy Hannukah to all! I have to share this with everyone. XM Radio is doing all Hanukkah music all day during Hanukkah on channel 108. The best part is you can get it for free online for the week! Go to: http://www.xmradio.com/hanukkah/ Enter promo code: thechosen Now we can annoy everyone with Hanukkah music for 8 long days and...
read moreOnce we had The Temple where we made sacrifices of precious blood and grain. Now we we have temples where people pray, but few truly give offerings. The darkness. The darkness. The darkness. Doesn’t the light always return? The light, it does return? It does return. Hanukkah? חנוכה The lights. We light them. The light...
read moreI was trying to write something new this year for each night, but I decided that I really liked last years — so I’m reposting it. I mean, come on, if Susan Stamberg can do the Thanksgiving cranberry sauce bit for 20 years, I should be able to reuse a good bit for at list a couple of years. Each of these is intended as a...
read moreOhr Somayach :: Chanukah :: The Secret of the Dreidel Who knew? The dreidle is actually an ancient storytelling device! A children’s game, played in the firelight of a cold winter night, the Chanukah Menorah silently glowing in the window… The dreidel. Its four sides spinning around the still point in the turning...
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Culture: I am fascinated by both culture on most levels. I mostly focus on American culture and what makes us who we are as a country, but I'm also intrigued by sub-cultures in the USA and the growing global cultural trends.
