There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale
Suzanne Wolfe
Hanukkah is a very busy time! Join the young rabbi as she makes festive preparations--spinning the dreidel, cooking a tasty meal, lighting the menorah, and more--in this cumulative, rhyming story reminding readers of the Hanukkah miracle of long ago! Learn about Hanukkah's festivities and rituals, and about the Jewish holiday itself.
. There is an old tale which claims that at midnight, on christmas eve, the cattle will kneel in the barn and speak with one another. Once an old maryland man decided to test the tale by hiding in the barn at midnight to listen. Yiddish language started in the streets and early yiddish speakers made up jewish slang words as they went along. Christmas eve, 1938: young oskar has fled from dangers in europe. Now, on the seventh night of hanukkah, which is also christmas eve this time, he tries to find his aunt in new york city. Getting into the spirit of the occasion, rabbi levi yitzhak of berditchev defended this apparent frivolity by explaining that jews played cards on the nights of hanukkah to accustom themselves to staying up late, so that they would have the stamina to study torah longer during the rest of the year.
. As a young boy, i always felt that there was an abundance of books, songs, movies, and tv specials for kids who celebrated christmas but a lot less for those who celebrate hanukkah. I liked santa and rudolph enough, but i didn't feel like they were part of my world, and i wished that there were an equivalent character for the festival of lights. Hanikah, kchannuukkah, and choinykah) make dreidels on the brain a must-read for all seekers of miracles. Allison marks, co-author of the art lesson: a shavuot story (kar-ben, 2020) and a gefilte fishy tale (mb publishing, 2020) newman, leslea. Michael, a 9-year-old jewish boy, often visits the barbershop just to admire old elijah's carvings, especially that of noah's ark--a story that belongs to jewish as well as christian teachings. One day when hanukkah and christmas coincidentally overlap, elijah gives michael a special gift, a carved guardian angel. The south bronx in 1950 was the home of a large and thriving community, predominantly jewish. In the 1950s the bronx offered synagogues, mikvas, kosher bakeries, and kosher butchers -- all the comforts one would expect from an observant orthodox jewish community.
. poems for young readers by myra strong women,” said conservative rabbi naomi levy of los angeles. This is the caldecott honor-winning story of jewish folk hero named hershel, who saves hanukkah for a village that is not his own, after the local synagogue is taken over by eight goblins. You’ll find a wonderful pairing of illustration and text in a book that has become a hanukkah favorite for more than 25 years. Potato pancakes all around: a hanukkah tale by but there's another story connected to the eight-day hanukkah as a young girl, lucy steinitz felt her jewish sensibilities stirred each hanukkah as she “because i was so young, i was oblivious to the hardships my family endured,” boschwitz said. A political allegory, brundibar became a symbol of resistance for the inmates of the concentration camp in terezin, where the opera was originally performed by young jewish prisoners. Brundibar is a simple tale, and like most of sendak's stories, it is about children setting out on a quest that leads to discovery. Written by jeron ashford and illustrated by stacey schuett, winter candle touches upon multiple winter holidays, including hanukkah. A soldier tells george washington the miraculous story of how a ragtag army of jewish soldiers defeated a much larger force of powerful greeks, a tale that provides just the kind of inspiration the general needs. 30 nov 1996
Eight little candles in a row, waiting to join the holiday glow. Refugee to rescuer, a hanukkah tale rafael medoff december 1, 2010. Previously recorded during the covid19 pandemic, divrei torah and services were pre-recorded and streamed each shabbat. To view recordings previously streamed you can visit our service recordings page. Families who are doing the tzedakah box collection described earlier in this list can regroup on the last night of hanukkah to allocate the funds to the causes presented tonight. Find a shelter for battered woman, or homeless persons or elders (etc. Even if there really were a “total absence” in palestinian discourse of anything that “diverges from the tale of pure victimhood,” it still wouldn’t justify the american jewish)
But there is an interesting feminist alternative to this male-dominated and oil-laden narrative. For some, hanukkah is a time to celebrate the courage of a jewish heroine, a woman who defeated, against all odds, a powerful enemy with her wit, daring—and some salty cheese. Chabad san clemente’s rabbi mendel slavin, and a group young jewish community volunteers known as the c-teens, light a giant menorah at the end of the san clemente pier during a pre-chanukah