I-Hanukkah iholide yendabuko yamaJuda, egujwa ngezinsuku ezingu-8 kusuka ku-25 Kislev (ngoNovemba-Disemba). Leli liholide lamakhandlela, elikhokha intela ngosuku lokukhululwa kwethempeli laseJerusalema, ukungcweliswa nokuhlanzwa kwalo.
Umlando we-Chanukah
Ukuze uqonde ukuthi iholidi lamaJuda lika-Chanukah lisho ukuthini, ungalandela kuphela umlando oma ngemuva kokubunjwa kwawo. Ngemva kokuchithwa kuka-Alexander Omkhulu, ukubusa kwaJuda kwadluliselwa ezandleni zabaseGibithe, bese kuba ngamaGreki, futhi uma ngesikhathi sokubusa komthetho wokuqala, umgomo wokungabikho kokuphazamiseka empilweni yamaJuda yamaKatolika eyasungulwa nguMacedonia kwabe sekulandelwa, ngakho-ke lapho kufika amaGreki, imizamo yaphulwa futhi ibeka amasiko abo. Ngokushesha ubuJuda buvinjelwe ngokuphelele, ukufundwa kweTorah nokuphila ngaphansi komthetho wamaJuda kwajeziswa ngesihluku yiziphathimandla ngaleso sikhathi, kuyo yonke indawo kwakhiwa amaGreki kuphela. Ngokushesha ithempeli laseJerusalema lathunjwa. Ukuhlukunyezwa okunjalo akukwazanga ukuhlala isikhathi eside, ukunyakaza kwabantu babantu abahlubuki kwakhiwa, ngaphansi kokuhola kukaJehuya Maccabee. Kusukela inyanga nenyanga, ibutho elincane nelingenalwazi, lahlamba amaqembu amancane amasosha aseGrisi, ebuyisela kancane kancane amazwe abo. Lapho befika eNtabeni YaseThempeli, izihlubuki zagumbuqela izithombe zesiGreki futhi zafaka amafutha esibani, okuyinto, naphezu kwenombolo encane, ishisa izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, iHanukkah igubha izinsuku ezingu-8, ikhanyisa amakhandlela nsuku zonke.
I-Chanukah Celebration
Kuyini i-Hanukkah evela kumaJuda, sesivele sesiqalile, ngakho manje siyaqhubeka namasiko omkhosi. Njengoba ngishilo ekuqaleni, kulo lonke i-Chanukah, amaJuda akhanyisa amakhandlela: ngosuku lokuqala ikhandlela elilodwa likhanya, okwesibili - ezimbili, okwesithathu - ezintathu nokunye. Kuphelele lapho kusetshenziswe amakhandlela amaholide angu-44, ucabangela okuvela kuwo umlilo. Kubalulekile ukwenza lokhu njalo
Amasiko e-Hanukkah awasho ukuthi amaholidi akhona ngesikhathi seholidi, kuphela izingane eziphumayo esikoleni, kepha iHanukkah ibizwa ngokuthi "iholidi labantwana" hhayi kuphela lokhu, ngoba kuzo zonke izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili, abazali kufanele banikeze izingane zabo imali namathoyizi. Ngesikhathi se-Hanukkah, izingane zivame ukudlala ngenhla ekhethekile ngombhalo oqoshiwe "Isimangaliso silapha lapha." Phakathi kwezitsha zendabuko yamaHanukkah, okuphawuleka kakhulu yi- pancake yamazambane ezenziwe ngezilimo eziyizigaxa, amaqanda, ama-matzo nezinongo.