Channukah
Posted ~ Tuesday 15 December 2009
Child lighting Candles
During the Christmas festivities this week, Year 4 have also spent a little time learning about the Jewish festival of Chanukah. Chanukah is an eight-day festival celebrating a time in history when the Jews won a battle against the Greeks to practise their religion freely. During the festival, Jews light the Chanukiah (a nine-branch candlestick), play dreidel (a spinning top game), eat oily foods such as donuts and potato pancakes (latkes) and exchange presents.