What is Chanukah?

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Lesson
Text Study
Video

Through the study of texts, songs, and art, students think about the following questions:

  • What Chanukah stories (if any) do you think influence your celebration of the holiday?
  • What Chanukah story is being told by each of the texts? Is it one with which you are familiar?
  • Is there anything from any of the stories that you would want to incorporate into your celebration of Chanukah?
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Topic
  • Jewish Holidays (Chagim)
  • Jewish Tradition
  • Jewish Text and Thought
Setting
  • After School and Beyond
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Early Childhood
  • Family Engagement

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