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Looking for Hanukkah lesson plans using handchimes? Lessons of light and dedication are perfect to teach in December as many around the world commemorate Hanukkah.\u00a0 ChimeWorks has assembled lesson plans below that sing of Hanukkah, peace and joy!<\/p>\n
But first, more about Hanukkah as explained by Chabad.org.\u00a0 It\u00a0is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime \u201cfestival of lights,\u201d celebrated with a nightly\u00a0menorah\u00a0lighting, special prayers and fried foods.<\/p>\n
The Hebrew word Chanukah means \u201cdedication,\u201d and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Holy\u00a0Temple.\u00a0 It is also spelled\u00a0Hanukkah.<\/p>\n
In the second century BC, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of\u00a0Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs instead of\u00a0mitzvah\u00a0observance and belief in\u00a0God. Against all odds, a small band of faithful Jews, led by\u00a0Judah\u00a0the\u00a0Maccabee, defeated one of the mightiest armies on earth, drove the Greeks from the land, reclaimed the Holy Temple in\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0and rededicated it to the service of God.<\/p>\n
When they sought to light the Temple’s Menorah (the seven-branched candelabrum), they found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks. Miraculously, they lit the menorah and the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity.<\/p>\n
To commemorate and publicize these miracles, the sages instituted the festival of Hanukkah.<\/p>\n
At the heart of the festival is the nightly menorah lighting. The menorah holds nine flames, one of which is the\u00a0shamash <\/em>(\u201cattendant\u201d), which is used to kindle the other eight lights. On the first night, one flame is lit. On the second night, an additional flame is lit. By the eighth night of Hanukkah, all eight lights are kindled.<\/p>\n Special blessings are recited, often to a traditional melody, before the menorah is lit, and\u00a0traditional songs\u00a0are sung afterward.<\/p>\n A menorah is lit in every household (or even by each individual within the household) and\u00a0placed in a doorway or window. The menorah is also lit in synagogues and other public places.<\/p>\n The lesson plans below are available for immediate purchase and digital download at $2.29 each:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hanukkah<\/a> using Icons<\/p>\n Hanukkah II<\/a> using Chords<\/p>\n Good and Joyous<\/a> using Ostinati<\/p>\n Greeting of Peace<\/a> using Chords<\/p>\n Hava Nagila<\/a> using Chords<\/p>\n Shalom Chaverim<\/a> using Chords<\/p>\n Toembai<\/a> using Chords<\/p>\n Toembai<\/a> II using Ostinati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looking for Hanukkah lesson plans using handchimes? Lessons of light and dedication are perfect to teach in December as many around the world commemorate Hanukkah.\u00a0 ChimeWorks has assembled lesson plans below that sing of Hanukkah, peace and joy! But first, more about Hanukkah as explained by Chabad.org.\u00a0 It\u00a0is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime \u201cfestival of lights,\u201d … Continue reading Hanukkah Lesson Plans using Handchimes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,8,12],"tags":[23,29,17,11,44,14,4,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chimeworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}