Tag: holiday ideas

52 week Challenge week 48: Hanuka (Hanukkah / Chanukkah) preparation

Hanuka is just a week away (it starts December 8, Saturday night – right after Shabbat!) So it’s time to start thinking about and making your plans. Here are some of the categories to consider:   Menorah: Do you have enough? Some families, like ours, light one. Some have each member own, prepare, and light …

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Tu B’shevat reminder and ideas

Tu B’shevat is coming! Tu B’shvat is the new year for the trees, and it’s Tuesday night and Wednesday (2012). It’s not a holiday that has prescribed observances, although eating fruit and making the “‘ha’aitz” bracha are common, and some people do “shehechianu” on a new fruit. It basically celebrates the awakening of the earliest …

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