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Title: Hanukkah


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Hanukkah
  • Hanukkah is the Jewish Feast of Lights
    or Feast of Dedication. The Hebrew word Hanukkah
    means dedication. Hanukkah is also written
    Hanukkah or Chanukah. The holiday begins on the
    eve of the 25th day of the Hebrew Month of
    Kislev. It lasts eight days. Hanukkah usually
    falls in the month of December, but occasionally
    can start in November.

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There Are Many Different Spellings of Hanukkah
  • Chanuka Chanukah Chanukkah Channukah
  • Hanukah Hannukah Hanukkah Hanuka
  • Hanukka Hanaka Haneka Hanika Khanukkah

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Hanukkah
  • During Hanukkah, gifts are exchanged and
    contributions are made to the poor. Each evening,
    one additional candle is lit on the Hanukkah
    menorah (candelabra). By the last evening, eight
    lighted candles stand together.

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Latkes
  • Many traditional Hanukkah foods are cooked in
    oil, in remembrance of the oil that burned in the
    temple. Latkes, or potato pancakes are a favorite
    food at Hanukkah.

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The Dreidel
  • A dreidel is a small top with Hebrew letters.
  • The four letters are Nun,Gimel,Hay,and shin.
  • You take a bunch of tokens or get chocolate and
    put it in a pot. Players take turns spinning the
    dreidel wait what they got.

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  • Dreidel Game
  • Directions
  • Spin your dreidel once for each numbered
    blank below. Fill in the blank with the number
    that you spin. After you have filled in all 10 of
    the blanks, complete the math problem in each
    row. Then, follow the directions at the bottom of
    the page.
  • 1.______ 2.______ _______ (A)
  • 3.______ 4.______ _______ (B)
  • 5.______ 6.______ _______ (C)
  • 7.______ 8.______ _______ (D)
  • 9.______ 10.______ _______ (E)

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Estimation ActivityFor Israel
  • Directions
  • Answer the following problems using estimation.
  • The country of Israel covers an area of 8,019
    square miles. Estimate the amount of land covered
    by Israel to the nearest thousand square miles.
  • __________square miles
  • The capital of Israel is Jerusalem. There are
    702,000 people that live in Jerusalem. Estimate
    the number of people living in Jerusalem to the
    nearest ten thousand.
  • __________people
  • There are 6,135,000 people that live in the
    country of Israel. Estimate the population of
    Israel to the nearest hundred thousand.
  • __________people
  • Fun Fact The most commonly spoken languages in
    Israel are Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

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Happy Hanukkah
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