Chanukah
Chanukah
Begins sunset of Sunday, November 28, 2021
Ends nightfall of Monday, December 6, 2021
Check back to learn about opportunities to celebrate Chanukah with Temple Beth Shalom in 2021! (Be sure to check out our Chanukah music section and Chanukah recipe compilation below)
Need a candlelighting refresher? Rabbi Steinman has it! Watch now on YouTube.
Chanukah Recipes
Our Recipes & Reminiscing class met online on Dec. 6 to make sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) together. Class participants also contributed their favorite recipes for the Festival of Lights. Browse all the recipes here.
Chanukah Music Online
Listen to Cantor Abby Gostein sing the Chanukah blessings as well as Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) and find words and instructions.
You might also enjoy these musical Chanukah videos:
View a musical "postcard" for Chanukah from the
SoCo Women's Chorus of Austin (there's an opportunity to donate in the video description):
Robert Applebaum's Funky Dreidl
Not Your Bubbe's Chanukah Play List
- Light One Candle by Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul and Mary)
- How Do You Spell Channukkahh by the Leevees
- A Collection of Musical Chanukah Videos
By The Maccabeats, Yeshiva University's a cappella group:
About Chanukah
Chanukah (alternately spelled Hanukkah), meaning "dedication" in Hebrew, refers to the joyous eight-day celebration during which Jews commemorate the victory of the Maccabees over the armies of Syria in 165 B.C.E. and the subsequent liberation and "rededication" of the Temple in Jerusalem. The modern home celebration of Chanukah centers around the lighting of the chanukiyah, a special menorah for Chanukah; foods prepared in oil including latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly donuts); and special songs and games.