#chanukah

[fishfingersandscarves]

first night of chanukah tonight so please enjoy this rejected puzzle design ✌️

#my art #fishfingersandscarves #chanukah #hanukkah #puzzle #kid illustration #kidlit #puzzle design #chanukiah #illustration

[koshercosplay]

it's time for my yearly chanukah merchandise ratings! how are there always so many to choose from. as always, this year is a doozy and I am as bitter as ever lmao

this was quite literally labeled "hanukkah cone tree." gee I wonder which winter holiday is The One With The Trees. surely it's the jewish one with all the fire. let's make it blue and white just in case. 4/10 there is no excuse for this

why are the chairs so far apart. why is there nobody there. why are there so many grapes. what even are those green things. why is there soup. will the mysteries never cease. 7/10 purely because it's pretty

I for one welcome our jewish alien cousins. not sure what this has to do with chanukah but I want to hear about jewish life on mars so 8/10 friends come in out of the cold and have a latke with me

the more I looked at this, the worse it got. there's a literal christmas tree and tinsel but oh it's got blue lights so it's fine. and as we all know, children regularly hold fully lit candle menorahs with mittens while going door to door during a snowstorm. I guess who are we to stifle a child's latent desire for arson. 5/10 somebody save that poor dying kitten

this poor magen dovid is being forcefully converted to christianity and we need to help it. quick somebody put this on a sufganiyot stack. 4/10 we all know the intended target audience isn't interfaith families okay

do I even have to say it. please just. just stop. get One (1) Jew to weigh on your hanukkah products, I beg you. -392928373/10 walmart owes me a personal apology for making me see this with my own two eyeballs

I spent a full five minutes staring at this shirt desperately trying to make it make sense. I shouldn't have bothered. it's worse than the hebrew could ever be. 2/10 amposzu zusach mezchamal to you too

congratulations, once again you wrote gibberish. this says nothing. it's not chanukah, it's not happy holidays, it's nothing. the letters on the dreidel are an ACRONYM people! there's an order! 3/10 it's antisemitic that this has over 4,000 sales (thank you @quartzfox for sending this to me. now you all have to see it too.)

now these are CUTE. and the dreidel letters are in the correct order too, which is unfortunately impressive. 10/10 no notes, it has cats, would wear

(previous years 1, 2, 3)

#you know the downside of making this post every year is that. #i then have to crawl through the worst of Holiday Internet #to bring you all the Prime Selection #so you're welcome lmao #i do it so you don't have to 🫡 #enjoy this year's ratings! #chanukah #hanukkah #ratings

[ljf613]

Alright, Chanukah starts tonight, which means it's time for me to finally make a post about different kinds of menorahs.

This right here? This is the Temple Menorah:

There's some debate over whether the branches were straight or curved, but here's a few things we do know:

It had seven branches of equal length.

It was made of one solid piece of gold

It was at least five feet tall.

It used pure olive oil.

The Temple Menorah is what people mean when they talk about The Menorah. It's what you'll see on historical or commemorative artifacts such as the Arch of Titus in Rome or Israeli currency:

During the time when the Temple stood in Jerusalem, the High Priest lit all seven flames on this Menorah every day (using the aforementioned pure olive oil):

No one lights this on Chanukah.

This is a Chanukah menorah:

There are countless variations, but here are the important things:

It has eight branches of equal length, plus a ninth "helper" branch, known as the shamash, which is set apart from the rest of the branches and used to light the others.

It can be made of any material.

It is usually used with wax candles or oil, but, if necessary, one can use anything that burns.

In Hebrew, this kind of menorah is called a chanukiah.

Some Chanukah menorahs, like the one shown above, have the shamash in the middle. Others have it on the side:

Regardless, this kind of menorah is the one that has been lit by Jews on Chanukah for thousands of years. It's the menorah you'll seen in photographs of Jewish households, including this famous picture taken in Germany in 1931:

(The message written on the back of the photo reads: "Death to Judah"/ So the flag says/ "Judah will live forever"/ So the light answers)

On Chanukah, whoever is lighting the menorah will first light the shamash, then the number of candles corresponding to whichever night of Chanukah it is. The first night, only the rightmost candle is lit, the second night the two rightmost, etc. (The newest candle is always lit first):

Again, a valid Chanukah menorah has eight branches of equal length, along with a shamash. There is no such thing as a Chanukah menorah with six branches of equal length and a longer seventh branch, and no valid Chanukah menorah has eight branches of completely different lengths.

If you see either of the above designs (or anything similar) on Chanukah-themed decor, it tells you the creator has absolutely no idea what they're doing and couldn't be bothered to do more than two seconds of research to make sure their product was accurate. Anyone who knows anything about the holiday will laugh at these. (They may buy them anyway, especially if that's all that's available-- my new Chanukah sweater has an invalid menorah pattern, but it's adorable, so I'm still going to wear it. But I am also laughing about it and invite you all to do the same.)

Anyway, have a happy Chanukah, everyone!

#real life #jumblr #thoughts #menorah #chanukah #hanukkah #arch of titus #history lesson #the more you know #all queued up

[thehussy]

happy hanukkah!

(and then for tomorrow...)

#homestar runner #the cheat #hanukkah #happy hanukkah #chanukah #jewish #menorah #image description in alt #it is not sundown yet where i am but i was hoping to catch folks eastward #i like the sound of todanukkah better but it's gotta be tonightukkah #judaism #changed it from 'monday' to 'tomorrow' so maybe it could be reused in future years

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Honk Sameach

#jumblr #jewish #judaism #hanukkah #channukah #hunukkah #hannukkah #hannukah #chanukkah #hanukah #channukkah #chanukah #happy honk

[jewish-sideblog]

did you guys know that the Hebrew word for phoenix is "sand chicken"

#channukah #jumblr #chanukah #to be fair its more closely translated as chicken of the sand but. same fuckin thing innit

[mintytrifecta]

#Jewish #Judaism #Jewish holidays #Jumblr #Hanukkah #hannukah #Chanukah #Channukah

[broke-on-books]

Because I havent seen this anywhere yet

Hanukkah 2023 is 12/7 thru 12/15

#please rb this version the other had a typo!!!!! #blah #hanukkah #chanukah

[magnetothemagnificent]

[id in alt]

Chag Chanukah Sameach!

#magneto #wanda maximoff #pietro maximoff #erik lehnsherr #scarlet witch #quicksilver #marvel meme #house of magneto #marvel #chanukah

[why5x5]

A local glatt kosher market is advertising "this beautiful Chanukah sushi platter." This is not a phrase I would expect to see. Ever.

#chanukah #hanukah #jumblr

[fishfingersandscarves]

first official day and second night of chanukah tonight so here's the other rejected puzzle design i made <3

#my art #fishfingersandscarves #chanukah #hanukkah #puzzle #puzzle design #kid illustration #illustration

[tsuyoshikentsu]

BEHOLD, TUMBLR LEFTISM

"Punch a Nazi!"

"Zionists are Nazis!"

"All Jews are Zionists!"

"Punch a Jew! I'm not antisemitic though uwu"

"And don't forget to wish the good Jews Happy Chanukah this year! #HappyHolidaysForEVERYONE"

(Credit to the original author who was too worried about reprisals to post.)

#jumblr #jewish #judaism #antisemitism #israel/palestine #i/p #israel #hanukkah #chanukah #leftism #leftist

[tikkunolamresistance]

Chanukah sameach! Please keep Palastine in your heart as we celebrate light, love, resistance and strength. None of us are free until all of us are free!

Wether you’re celebrating with family, friends, or just your self, we hope this Chanukah fills you with love, hope and determination. Know we are besides you in this fight.

Our souls are like a candle, they flicker and dance— so do we.

#chanukah #hannukah #channukah #how ever you spell it #chanukah sameach #jumblr #judaism #jewblr #antizionist jews

[deepseaneko]

Happy Hanukkah to those of you celebrating! ☺️

#cats #my art #chanukah #hannukkah

[chick-it-out]

#chart #flockintogether #chanukah #holiday

[drawn-and-talk-of-peace]

If your Jewish friends invite you to join them for some Chanukah festivities, there's a few basic things you should keep in mind. When I say "basic," I mean really basic. If it's listed here, it unfortunately means I've seen/heard someone do or say it.

Don't make Holocaust jokes.

Don't make thinly veiled antisemitic comments. Antisemitic "jokes" aren't funny.

Dreidel is pretty much a game of chance. Losing isn't the end of the world. Everyone loses dreidel at least once a year (usually more than that).

Staying with friends doesn't mean your friends are supposed to fund your vacation (this honestly goes for staying with anyone, not just your Jewish friends). They're saving you the cost of a hotel already.

If you don't want to participate in a holiday tradition, don't make a big thing out of it. Respectfully decline and move on instead of calling Jewish traditions "weird" or something along those lines.

Have fun! Chanukah is a beautiful holiday with some really cool and beautiful traditions. Enjoy your time with your friends.

#chanukah #happy chanukah #hanukkah #jewish tag #jewish tumblr #I might delete this later