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Many have pointed out that this year is the only time in the 21st century that the first day of Hanukkah falls on Thanksgiving. It is fortuitous that the two holidays occur on the same day, for thematically they are identical. more

By Rabbi Sholom Stern | 11/20/13

Convergence of holidays

This year Hanukkah and Thanksgiving coincide for the first time since 1888 and the odd pairing won’t reoccur for another 79,000 years. more

By Rabbi Steven Graber | 11/20/13

Calendar coincidence leads to perfect storm

We’ll have to wait 77,798 years to face the same challenge we’ll confront this very month — a perfect culinary storm of biblical proportions. more

11/14/13

Chabad of Hewlett held its second annual Hanukkah on Ice party at Grant Park. It featured ice skating, hot latkes, craft and a giant menorah carved out of ice.

Placing the icing on a Chabad Hanukkah in Hewlett [Photo gallery]

Chabad of Hewlett held its second day of Hanukkah celebration at Grant Park in Hewlett with its annual “Hanukkah on Ice” event on Dec. 11. more

12/19/12

Potato latke, the holy grail of pancakes

Consider the Yiddish word latke. It is what it sounds like, an onomatopoeic name for a flat, fried potato pancake consumed by Jewish people during Hanukkah. more

12/13/12

Ville of Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise, second from left, and Rabbi Schneur Wolowik, forth from left, led the lighting of the menorah ceremony in Cedarhurst Park.

Lighting the menorah at Cedarhurst Park [Photo gallery]

Rabbi Schneur Wolowik of the Chabad of the Greater Five Towns led the lighting of the giant menorah in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park in Cedarhurst on Dec.8, the first night of Hanukkah. In addition to the menorah lighting there was singing and dancing to the traditional holiday songs. more

12/12/12

Slow down and sip, don't gulp, the holiday cheer

We have a choice. We are here, in the brief, wild weeks after Thanksgiving and before Hanukkah and Christmas, and we get to decide how to survive this interlude. more

12/6/12

Rabbi Yehuda Septimus of Young Israel of North Woodmere.

Persevering in the face of adversity

On Shabbat of Hanukkah synagogues around the world read from the section of Genesis that details the impressive success of Joseph under the most difficult of circumstances. more

Rabbi Yehuda Septimus | 12/6/12

Rabbi Andrew Warmflash of the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre.

Feeling God’s spirit during Hanukkah

One of the most important values celebrated during the Hanukkah holiday is captured in a passage near the end of the haftorah that we read in synagogue on the Saturday morning of the holiday. more

Rabbi Andrew Warmflash | 12/6/12

Rabbi Yaakov Feitman of Kehilas Bais Yehudah Tzvi in Cedarhurst.

Hanukkah continues a tradition of spirituality

Hanukkah seems to be a strange holiday. The Jewish people have always been proud of being called the “People of the Book.” more

Rabbi Yaakov Feitman | 12/5/12

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