Chanukah is a Jewish celebration, also known as the Festival of
Lights. Chanukah starts at sundown today and lasts for eight days. It is
traditional to exchange gifts or gelt (Yiddish for money) in the form
of real coins or chocolate wrapped in gold foil, to play a game of put-and-take
with a four sided top called a dreidel, and to light candles each
night.
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September 28 – Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown and is a solemn celebration of the beginning of the Jewish year. Synagogue services are held on Rosh Hashanah. During the services, the shofar (a ram’s horn) is sounded.
Like most Jewish holidays there are food customs associated with Rosh Hashanah. One of the most popular and well-known food customs on Rosh HaShanah has to do with dipping apple slices into honey. This sweet combination stems from an age-old Jewish tradition of eating sweet foods to express the hope for a sweet new year.