Hanukkah iholide yevaJudha, iyo inopembererwa mumazuva masere kubva pa25 Kislev (November-December). Iyi ihovha yemakenduru, iyo inobhadhara mutero kune zuva rekusunungurwa kweTemberi yeJerusarema, kucheneswa nekucheneswa.
Nhoroondo ye Chanukah
Kuti unzwisise kuti chituko chechiJudha che Chanukah chinorevei, unogona kungotevera nhoroondo iyo inomira shure kwekuumbwa kwayo. Mushure mekuparadzwa kweAlexander Mukuru, kutonga kwaJudha kwakapfuura mumaoko evaIjipita, uye zvevaGiriki, uye kana panguva yekutonga kwekutanga, mutemo wekusapindira muhupenyu hwechitendero hwechiJudha hwakasimbiswa neMacedonia hwakateverwa, zvino nekuuya kwevaGiriki, kuedza kwakaitwa kupesana nekuisa mitemo yavo pachavo. Nenguva isipi chiJudha chakanga chakarambidzwa zvachose, kuverengwa kweTora uye hupenyu pasi pemutemo wevaJudha zvakarohwa zvakanyanya nevakuru ipapo, kwose kwose zvifananidzo zvechiGiriki zvakasimbiswa. Nokukurumidza temberi yeJerusarema yakatorwa. Kushungurudzika kwakadaro hakukwanisi kupera kwenguva refu, sangano revapanduki rakaumbwa, pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaJehuya Maccabee. Kubva pamwedzi nemwedzi, hondo duku uye isina ruzivo, yakaputsa mashomanana emauto echiGiriki, achidzorera zvishoma nezvishoma nyika dzavo. Pavakasvika paGomo reTemberi, vapanduki vakakunda zvifananidzo zvechiGiriki uye vakatora mafuta echigadziko, icho, pasinei nhamba yavo shomanana, yakapiswa kwemazuva masere. Kubva ipapo, Hanukkah inopembererwa kwemazuva masere, ichivhenekera makenduru mazuva ese.
Chanukah Celebration
Chii chinonzi Hanukkah kubva kuvaJudha, takatotanga kufunga, saka iye zvino tinopfuurira kune tsika dzekupemberera. Sezvandambotaura kare, muKhanukah yose, vaJudha vanopinza makenduru: pazuva rekutanga rimwe kenduru inotungidzwa, muchipiri - zviviri, muchitatu - matatu nezvimwe. Zvose panguva yezororo 44 makendekisi anoshandiswa, achitarisa iyo inobva pamoto. Zvakakosha kuita izvi nguva dzose
Mitemo yeHanukkah hairevi kuti kune mazororo panguva yezororo, vana chete ndivo vanozorora kubva kuchikoro, asi Hanukkah inonzi "vana vezororo" kwete izvi chete, nokuti mumazuva ose masere, vabereki vanofanira kupa vana vavo mari nemayipi. Munguva yeHanukkah nguva, vana vanowanzoita nepamusoro wepamusoro nechinyorwa chakanyorwa kuti "Chishamiso chikuru pano." Pakati pemidziyo yeHanukkah, iyo inonyanya kuzivikanwa ndeye mbatata dzepatakiti dzakagadzirwa kubva kune tubers, mazai, matzo uye zvinonhuwira.