Hanukkah (Second Edition): The Family Guide to Spiritual Celebration

Hanukkah (Second Edition): The Family Guide to Spiritual Celebration

Hanukkah (Second Edition): The Family Guide to Spiritual Celebration

Hanukkah (Second Edition): The Family Guide to Spiritual Celebration

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Overview

Create a meaningful and happy Hanukkah in your home—with story, celebration, food and song.

This newly-designed, easy-to-use edition of a classic spiritual sourcebook offers updated information, more family ideas, and new resources for every aspect of your holiday celebration.

Information on every aspect of Hanukkah is covered, including:

  • The story of Hanukkah
  • Celebrating—for families of every constellation
  • Songs and prayers in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish (with clear transliterations)
  • Recipes for traditional and modern Hanukkah foods
  • “December Dilemmas”—coping with other traditions’ celebrations
  • Firsthand explanations and ideas from real-life families around America

Hands-on advice and practical suggestions invite families into Hanukkah’s spirituality and joys, from the making of luscious latkes and Hanukkah crafts to the stories of the heroism and the miracle that are remembered every year with the lighting of the hanukkiyah.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781580237499
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 05/02/2013
Series: The Art of Jewish Living
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 226
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Dr. Ron Wolfson, visionary educator and inspirational speaker, is Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University in Los Angeles and a cofounder of Synagogue 3000. He is author of Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community; The Seven Questions You're Asked in Heaven: Reviewing and Renewing Your Life on Earth; Be Like God: God's To-Do List for Kids; God's To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God's Work on Earth; Hanukkah, Passover and Shabbat, all Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs Art of Jewish Living family guides to spiritual celebrations; The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community; A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort: A Guide to Jewish Bereavement and Comfort; and, with Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, What You Will See Inside a Synagogue (all Jewish Lights), a book for children ages 6 and up. He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef, All These Vows—Kol Nidre, and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).


Dr. Ron Wolfson is available to speak on the following topics:

  • Building Good Tents: Envisioning the Synagogue of the Future
  • God's To-Do List
  • The Seven Questions You're Asked in Heaven
  • Blessings and Kisses: The Power of the Jewish Family
  • A Time to Mourn, a Time to Comfort

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Table of Contents

Preface by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis Foreword Using This Text PART I: The Art of Hanukkah 1. What Is Hanukkah? 2. The Ever-Evolving Story of Hanukkah 3. The Hanukkah Ritual 4. Hadlakat Neirot: Candlelighting 5. Haneirot Hallalu 6. Maoz Tzur 7. Al Hanissim 8. The Hanukkah Gallery The Meal Games Gifts Decorations Songs PART II: The December Dilemmas The New Reality Hilkhot Christmas The True Story of Christmas Who's Celebrating? The Unique Challenges for Intermarried and Interfaith Families Religious Holidays in the Public Domain Confusion in the Marketplace Pseudo-Christmas and Family Gatherings Jews-by-Choice and Christmas Kosher Turkey for Christmas Dinner? Solving the December Dilemmas Afterword Selected Bibliography About the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs About Jewish Lights

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