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Sunday, December 20, 2009

It is one day past Hannukah (also known as the Festival of Lights, it is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC ) but Bud insisted on lighting the nine candles.

The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. An extra light called a shamash (Hebrew: "guard" or "servant") is also lit each night for the purpose of lighting the others, and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest. The "shamash" symbolically supplies light that may be used for some secular purpose.

Boris and Bud tried to harmonise the songs in Hebrew. interesting...


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