Today is the first day of Hannukah.
Unlike you Christians, we don't get gifts But we eat lots of doughnuts!

ArielB said:

But it lasts longer than our christian christmas!
Happy Hannukah to you and everybody else who celebrates it!

hold up a minute...my kids are expecting 8 nights of gifts.....!!

BlackAdder7 said:

Yeah, I'm guessing some jealous Israelis abroad decided that they should also give gifts every day. It's nothing to do with the holiday, it's all about greed.

ArielB said:

I was going to say, thats how it works over here!

ArielB said:

I don't believe in religion. But if Hannukah includes doughnuts, count me in!

Ace said:

Oh Ariel isn't religious either. It's all about the food.

Happy Hannukah, Ariel.

...eight crazy nites
Happy Hannukah!!

Chanukah Samea'h !!! חנוכה שמח

The message of Chanukah is: Hold onto your religious convictions, never submit to the assimilated majority, no matter how numerous or sophisticated they are, and fight for your ideals.

The salient difference between the lights of Shabbat and the lights of Chanukah are their location. Shabbat candles are always lit inside the home. Chanukah candles should ideally be lit outside, by the entrance to the house. (This is how we still do it in Jerusalem.) Only when the Jews were exiled to the Diaspora did safety dictate moving the Chanukah lights inside, but even there they are to be kindled in a window where they can be seen from outside. The mitzvah of lighting the Chanukah candles is to publicize the miracle of the oil.

While the Shabbat candles illumine the private domain of the home, the Chanukah candles are a statement to the public domain.


Similarly, the place for yielding is in the home, within the family. The place for standing up for one's convictions is the public realm.

Unfortunately, we often reverse the two.

yael72 said:

Thank you for this explanation! I always ask Ariel and he can never answer.

Happy Hannukah to you.

Happy Hannukah, guys!

Happy Hannukah!!

Mazel Tov to you and yours.

Yael (or Ariel), why does the menorah in the diaspora have more candles than that used in the ancient Temple?

Lammastide said:

Yael will have to answer. Ariel is a terrible Jew! He doesn't know anything. I always ask questions and he always says, "Uhhhhh...I don't know actually."

hokie said:

Does Ariel own a Yarmulke? If he doesn't you should DEMAND that he own a Yarmulke!

Lammastide said:

I believe he did at one point. I don't think he has it with him in Toronto. If he still has one most likely it's back in Jerusalem. And, even if he did have it he wouldn't wear it. He is Jewish by birth...not by religion.

Lammastide said:

What is a yarmulke? you mean kippah? I used to, yes. not anymore.

Intro: this is a song, that uh, theres alot of xmas songs out there, but not
Too many about hanukkah, so I wrote a song for all those nice little jewish
Kids who dont get to hear any hanukkah songs--here we go...

Put on your yalmulka, here comes hanukkah
Its so much fun-akkah to celebrate hanukkah,

Hanukkah is the festival of lights,
Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights.

When you feel like the only kid in town without a x-mas tree, heres a list of
People who are jewish, just like you and me:

David lee roth lights the menorrah,
So do james caan, kirk douglas, and the late dinah shore-ah

Guess who eats together at the karnickey deli,
Bowzer from sha-na-na, and arthur fonzerrelli.

Paul newmans half jewish; goldie hawns half too,
Put them together--what a fine lookin jew!

You dont need deck the halls or jingle bell rock
Cause you can spin the dreidl with captain kirk and mr. spock--both jewish!


Put on your yalmulka, its time for hanukkah,
The owner of the seattle super sonic-ahs celebrates hanukkah.

O.j. simpson-- not a jew!
But guess who is...hall of famer rod carew--(he converted!)

We got ann landers and her sister dear abby,
Harrison fords a quarter jewish--not too shabby!

Some people think that ebeneezer scrooge is,
Well, hes not, but guess who is:all three stooges.

So many jews are in show biz--
Tom cruise isnt, but I heard his agent is.

Tell your friend veronica, its time you celebrate hanukkah
I hope I get a harmonica, on this lovely, lovely hanukkah.

So drink your gin-and-tonic-ah, and smoke your mara-juanic-ah,
If you really, really wanna-kah, have a happy, happy, happy, happy
Hanukkah. happy hanukka!

roodboi said:

ummm, there are soooo many Hannukah songs, man. And like good Jewish people, I had to sing them all as a kid, when visiting my religious family.

ArielB said:

talk to adam sandler, bro...he wrote that shit...before I heard this all I could do is sing about a damn dradle...

ArielB said:

do you throw the donuts onto the candles? like

ZombieKitten said:

Our doughnuts don't have holes in them. But lots of Jam.

ZombieKitten said:

um...well if that aint some suggestive imagery...

roodboi said:

we can't all afford fancy rabbits

ArielB said:

I'm on my way to the bakey to pick these up just in few minutes!

Lammastide said:

I promise you an answer at the end of the day , I gotta run !! Great question BTW!