Thanksgivukkah!!!!
Happy Hanukkah! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving, the quintessential American holiday. The fourth Thursday of November. A day of parades, football, family gatherings and turkey. Pilgrims and Indians. The unofficial start of the holiday season.
Hanukkah, a minor Jewish holiday, a festival of freedom (Definition of a Jewish holiday: they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat.) Candles in the menorah, latkes, dreidels, jelly donuts, presents, family gatherings. Judah Maccabee and the miracle of the oil.
Hanukkah is an 8 day holiday beginning on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. Because the Hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar, Hanukkah can begin as early as the last week of November or as late as the end of December, or any time in between.
In 2013, on November 28, the first day of Hanukkah and the American holiday of Thanksgiving will coincide for only the second time since Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln. The last time was 1888, and the next time will be in the year 79,043. Though according to Chabad, in the year 2070, we wil light the first Hannukah candle on Thanksgiving eve -- the Jewish holiday will begin as the American holiday ends.
So how will we celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime convergence of the holidays?
With a menurkey, of course. A menorah shaped like a turkey.
Thanksgiving, the quintessential American holiday. The fourth Thursday of November. A day of parades, football, family gatherings and turkey. Pilgrims and Indians. The unofficial start of the holiday season.
Hanukkah, a minor Jewish holiday, a festival of freedom (Definition of a Jewish holiday: they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat.) Candles in the menorah, latkes, dreidels, jelly donuts, presents, family gatherings. Judah Maccabee and the miracle of the oil.
Hanukkah is an 8 day holiday beginning on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. Because the Hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar, Hanukkah can begin as early as the last week of November or as late as the end of December, or any time in between.
In 2013, on November 28, the first day of Hanukkah and the American holiday of Thanksgiving will coincide for only the second time since Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln. The last time was 1888, and the next time will be in the year 79,043. Though according to Chabad, in the year 2070, we wil light the first Hannukah candle on Thanksgiving eve -- the Jewish holiday will begin as the American holiday ends.
So how will we celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime convergence of the holidays?
With a menurkey, of course. A menorah shaped like a turkey.
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