1. Hanukkah
The Festival of Lights

2. When is Hanukkah?
Year
Hanukkah starts at sundown on...
2005
December 25
2006
December 15
2007
December 4
2008
December 21
2009
December 11
2010
December 1
Hanukkah begins at the 25th day of Kislev, the third month of the Jewish calendar. This year Hanukkah begins at sundown on the evening of December 4, 2007

3. The Menorah
On each night of Hanukkah, the menorah is lit. The menorah symbolizes the burning light in the temple, as well as marking the eight days of the Hanukkah festival.

4. There Are Many Different Spellings of Hanukkah
Chanuka Chanukah Chanukkah Channukah
Hanukah Hannukah Hanukkah Hanuka
Hanukka Hanaka Haneka Hanika Khanukkah

5. Latkes
Many traditional Hanukkah foods are cooked in oil, in remembrance of the oil that burned in the temple. Latkes, or potato pancakes are a favorite food at Hanukkah.

6. Dreidel
The dreidel is associated with Hanukkah. It is a four-sided spinning top. Each side is engraved with a different Hebrew letter: The letters mean Nes Gadol Haya Sham—"A great miracle happened there"

7. Happy Hanukkah