Newsletter December 2019

Martin Klein • December 1, 2019

THE ORIGIN OF HANUKKAH

An eight-day Jewish celebration, Hanukkah occurs in late November or December, beginning on the 25th day of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar. The holiday focuses on the miraculous oil that the Jews used to light the menorah in the newly reclaimed Jerusalem Temple. Although there was only enough oil to last one night, the menorah candles burned for eight nights. Families celebrate Hanukkah by preparing traditional foods and lighting the menorah, adding one candle on each night.

2019 Date: Sunset, 22 December – nightfall, 30 December

PEARL HARBOR

On December 7, 1941, the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked, resulting in over 2,300 deaths and over 1,100 injuries and spurring the United States into World War II. December 7, the day Franklin Roosevelt called “a day that would live in infamy,” is a time to remember those who lost their lives in the attack and during the war

DAY OF INFAMY

The United States entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.

THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night;in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations,is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it.

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