Heyo people readin’ this! I’mma be talking about a holiday I quite love to celebrate.. Somewhat obvious reasons! “What may that holiday be?” you must be asking, It’s……Drum roll please…………..

 

Hanukkah! It’s a well known jewish holiday, and I only know a handful of people that celebrate this holiday! (The only exception is family, but that’s obvious) Now to people who don’t know what Hanukkah is, I’ll explain what we do during it, and the origin! Sound good? Eh, you don’t have a say in this. (TヮT)

 

Now, how we celebrate Hanukkah is quite fun! First before Hanukkah we either make a custom manorah or use one from last year, usually made with real/fake crystals and/or gems with vibrant beautiful colors, blue, red, yellow the list goes on! It lasts eight days, and there are nine spaces. Why nine when they’re eight days? Because the ninth candle is the lighter candle, we use a lighter to light the lighter candle, place all the other candles in their spots. Right to left, like how you read in hebrew. But before we light the candles, we always have to have a delicious meal, the meal mainly consists of:

 

 

• Latkes

 

Latkes are potato like pancake, consisting of some sort of gentle spice. These potato pancakes are eaten with labneh, a slightly thicker sour cream. Usually homemade.

 

• Olives in salty oil

 

It won’t be a lot of oil, just a bit. But quite a bit of salt, since we love olives 

 

• Matzah

 

One of the most popular foods in Israel, and it tastes really good!

 

The Origin!

 

These few jews were running from the Egyptians, they had an oil lamp that lit for exactly 8 days. Everyday they would pray they’d pray to Yahweh, the Israeli god. The lamp lasted long enough so they could survive to find rescue. Hence, Hanukkah.

 

That’s all I have to say about my lovely holiday!

 

Have a good day/night/evening/noon, M’s out! Peace.

 

Happy holidaysssss!