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Hanukkah

Hanukkah

This year, the first night of Hanukkah begins on Wednesday evening, December 25, 2024 at sundown.



Join us for our Annual Congregational Hanukkah Celebration!

Friday, December 27, 2024
5:30 p.m. (NOTE EARLY START TIME)
Contacr Rona for Winnetka location details. 

Join us for this beautiful Hakafa tradition as we celebrate the third night of Hanukkah and Shabbat! Bring your chanaukiot (Hanukkah menorahs), candles, and matches, and help us celebrate Hanukkah as a community.

A special Hanukkah oneg with delicious Hanukkah treats,
hosted by our Kadima Group, will follow. 



Tot Chanukah Pajama Dance Party!

Families with children 0-4 are invited to grab your finest Chanukah-themed pajamas and your best dancing-shoes, and we'll celebrate Chanukah in style with rockstar (and tot celeb) Ben Tatar!
After we've danced ourselves silly, we'll enjoy latkes together. 

Sunday, December 22, 2024
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Deerfield location will be provided after registration.

$36 per family
(free for Hakafa Chai families & Hakafa members)

Registration is required by 12/17. To register, click here!
 

  
   
Click here for instructions and blessings for lighting the Chanukiah (Hanukkah menorah).

 
 
The Hebrew word, Hanukkah, means "dedication."  Hanukkah is a joyous eight-day celebration during which the Jewish people 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 celebration of Hanukkah centers around the lighting of Hanukkah candles in the chanukiah (Hanukkah menorah), eating fried foods like potato latkes (pancakes), and sufganiyot (doughnuts), and playing the dreidel game and singing Hanukkah songs.
 
  
 
Thu, October 30 2025 8 Cheshvan 5786