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Hanukka

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Ha´nuk`ka
n.1.The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabæus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews.
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Sunday, will feature Hanukka music, kosher refreshments, doughnuts, latkes and skating games with Martin Levy.
IN BRIEF by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Shawkat Toorawa who had also been invited to the nikra, was to drop me off at the Hanukka event; Owen Griffith, the island's Australian Jewish crocodile farmer and exemplar of Mauritian Jewry, would chauffeur me to the Muslim wedding party.
A family's progress in Mauritius by Miles, William F.S. / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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