Today we celebrated Chanukkah. As yesterday we discussed the worship of idols, and as today celebrates certain points in Jewish history, we took some time to discuss this history. We discussed how Antiochus entered the temple and sacrificed swine,and erected an statue of Zeus and forced them to sacrifice and worship their idols. We discussed how the Maccabees led a rebel group, and finally as they went to re-dedicate the temple, they couldn't find enough oil for the candles - (menorahs). They decided to go on with the dedication anyways, and miraculously, the oil burned for 8 days - hence the 8 candles in the menorah.
As a class we made the traditional Latkes - potato pancakes. Since Chanukkah is generally a day of games and fun as the celebration, we used today for our auction. While the latkes cooked, the students used the gerahs which they've been earing for attendance throughout the year so far and purchased and competed for the items which interested them.
Tomorrow we will focus on Exodus 33-40, finishing the book of Exodus.
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