IHanukkah yeholide yendabuko yamaJuda, egujwa kwiintsuku eziyi-8 ukususela kwi-25 Kislev (ngoNovemba-Disemba). Eli liholide lamakhandlela, elihlawula umvuzo ngosuku lokukhululwa kwethempeli laseYerusalem, ukungcwaliswa nokucocwa kwalo.
Imbali yeChaanukah
Ukuze uqonde oko iholide yamaYuda ye-Chanukah ithetha, unokulandela kuphela umlando omiyo emva kokubunjwa kwawo. Emva kokuphonswa kukaAlexandro Omkhulu, ukubusa kwaYuda kwadlula ezandleni zamaYiputa, emva koko kumaGrike, kwaye ukuba ngexesha lokulawula kokuqala, umgaqo-nkqubo wokungabikho kokuphazamiseka kwimpilo yonqulo yamaYuda eyayisungulwe nguMakedoniya, yabuya emva kokufika kwamaGrike, iinzame zenzelwa ukuphulaphula nokunyanzelisa izithethe zabo. Ngokukhawuleza ubuYuda babuvalwe ngokupheleleyo, ukufundwa kweTora kunye nobomi phantsi komthetho wamaYuda babethatyathwa ngokugqithiseleyo ngabasemagunyeni. Kungekudala ithempeli laseYerusalem labanjwa. Ukuxhatshazwa okunjalo kwakungenakuhlala ixesha elide, ukunyuswa kwabantu babantu abavukeli, phantsi kolawulo lukaYehu Maccabee. Ukususela kwenyanga ukuya kwinyanga, umkhosi wabantu abancinci nabangenamava, bawabulala amaqela amancinci aseGrike, aphinde aphinde abuyele amazwe abo. Xa befika kwiNtaba yeNdlu, abavukeli bawagqogqa izithixo zamaGrikhi baze bahlamba iitroli, kwaye, nangona inani elincinci, litshiswa iintsuku ezisibhozo. Ukususela ngoko, iHanukkah ibhiyozelwa iintsuku ezisibhozo, ikhanyise ikhandlela imihla ngemihla.
NgokweKhanya Celebration
Yiyiphi iHanukkah evela kumaYuda, sele sesiqalile, ngoko ngoku siqhubela phambili kwizithethe zokubhiyozela. Njengoko ndikhankanywe ngaphambili, kulo lonke i-Chanukah, amaYuda akhanyisa ikhandlela: ngosuku lokuqala lokuqala ikhandlela enye, eyesibini-ezimbini, kwiyesithathu-yesithathu njalonjalo. Iyonke ebudeni beeholide 44 iisetyenzisiweyo, isetyenziselwa ukuphuma komlilo. Kubalulekile ukwenza njalo ngamaxesha
Izithethe zeHanukkah azibonakali ukuba kukho iiholide ngexesha leeholide, kuphela abantwana abaphumayo esikolweni, kodwa iHanukkah ibizwa ngokuthi "iholide yabantwana" kungekhona nje le nto, kuba kuzo zonke iintsuku ezisibhozo, abazali kufuneka banike abantwana babo imali kunye namathoyizi. Ngexesha le-Hanukkah, abantwana badla ngokudlala ngentla ekhethekileyo kunye nombhalo obhaliweyo "Ummangaliso ulapha apha." Phakathi kwezidlo zeHanukkah zendabuko, ezona ziphawulekayo ziyi- pancake zepatato ezenziwe ngama-tubers, amaqanda, ama-matzo kunye neziqholo.