{"id":5532,"date":"2014-12-16T09:30:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T14:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=5532"},"modified":"2015-12-01T19:52:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T00:52:40","slug":"hanukkah-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/hanukkah-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I OVER DO Hanukkah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Growing up Jewish in Israel, Hanukkah was a holiday celebrated by all for eight days.\u00a0 Every\u00a0night, we would\u00a0light one new candle on\u00a0the Hanukiah (candelabrum) and afterwards\u00a0gather around with family and sing Hanukkah songs ( mostly off-beat and off-key with the exception of my mom).\u00a0 On one or two\u00a0nights during the holiday, a special dinner will be held\u00a0where we would eat traditional Hanukkah food like latkes with apple sauce or sour cream and anything else that is fried or baked in oil. Of course, everyone’s favourite is\u00a0sufganiyot, a jelly filled donut without a hole in the centre. We’d also receive chocolate gelt (coins) and our grandparents would give us money as gifts.\u00a0 I always enjoyed celebrating this holiday and while mundane, it was fun nonetheless.\u00a0 I never thought much about the holiday until I came to Canada.<\/div>\n