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Hanukkah Harry is a fictional character on Saturday Night Live played by Jon Lovitz.. Hanukkah Harry is portrayed on the show as a variation upon the modern-day image of Santa Claus, with a beard characteristic of a male adherent of Haredi Judaism, and with his hat in blue with white edges (the colors of an Ashkenazi Jewish tallit, [citation needed] or prayer shawl, shared by the flag of Israel).
Hebrew. This form of greeting was traditional among the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. The appropriate response is " Aleichem Shalom " (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or "Upon you be peace." (cognate with the Arabic-language "assalamu alaikum" meaning "The peace [of ] be upon you.)" L'hitraot.
Lag BaOmer. Bar Yochai. v. t. e. " Ma'oz Tzur " ( Hebrew: מָעוֹז צוּר, romanized : Māʾōz Ṣūr) is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut. It is written in Hebrew, and is sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The hymn is named for its Hebrew incipit, which means "Strong Rock (of my Salvation)" and is a ...
Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights.While not as overtly holy a Jewish holiday as Passover or Yom Kippur, Hanukkah has been embraced by the Western world as an often blue-and-white answer to ...
Hanukkah is a special festival that comes alive each year with rich traditions and practices. One of the most important holidays in the Jewish faith, "Chanukah" is an eight-day celebration of a ...
A popular Hebrew Hanukkah song, "Sevivon" or "S'vivon" ( Hebrew: סביבון sevivon) is Hebrew for "dreidel", where dreidel ( Hebrew: דרײדל dreydl) is the Yiddish word for a spinning top. This song, "Sevivon," is very popular in Israel and by others familiar with the Hebrew language. The English below is a literal translation, not an ...
v. t. e. " I Have a Little Dreidel " [ 1] (also known as " The Dreidel Song " [ 1] or " Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel ") is a children's Hanukkah song in the English-speaking world that also exists in a Yiddish version called " Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl ", ( Yiddish: איך בין אַ קלײנער דרײדל Lit: I am a little dreidel German: Ich ...
Shehecheyanu. The Shehecheyanu berakhah (blessing) ( Hebrew: ברכת שהחיינו, "Who has given us life") is a common Jewish prayer to celebrate special occasions. It expresses gratitude to God for new and unusual experiences or possessions. [ 1] The blessing was recorded in the Talmud [ 2] over 1500 years ago.