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ETHAN MYERSON Staff Writer
As the weather gets colder, many people's tho
toward the upcoming holiday season. For the Je
munity, however, the holiday season is already upc
year Hanukkah began in late November, and last
the last of the eight nights.
Hanukkah does not rank very high in imports
daism. Because Hanukkah has no foundation in
our holv books, it is considered tfi rarrv far Ipqq rel
nificance than other holidays. Nevertheless, for m
ways had some
very special memories
associated
with it. Growing !J?1^ - f\Tjf\ *
up in New York,
streets. My two
brothers, my sister
and I would
wait alongside ^ ^-jlliPlii^
kitchen, waiting Mu-jh????
for Dad to pull in
the driveway so we could light the menorah and <
the presents. Each night added one more candle to
branched menorah, and each additional candle adi
beauty of the spectacle. By the eighth and final:
menorah, fully ablaze, was at the same time brea
and sobering. It was sobering because we knew tha
ous time of singing and presents, of anticipation an<
was at an end and wouldn't be back for another ye
Hanukkah is, for the most part, celebrated the
sic way throughout the world. There are two brachot
ings, that are sung, and then the nerot (candles);
my family, the children lit the candles. On a menoi
are nine candle holders. They represent one for ea
and one more called the shamash, or helper. The m
often designed to set the shamash apart from the o
dies. After the brachot are recited, the shamash is
candle is used to transfer the flame to the other cam
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cultural traditions
ditionally, my mother would then sing "Maoz Tzur," a He
lights turn hrew Psa^m>as the rest of us anxiously twitched and jitterec
wish com- wa*ting for the presents. In terms of ceremony, that is aboul
in us This there is for Hanukkah. Other family traditions, of course
night was can he added to that formula, making the observance o:
Hanukkah a very personal experience,
ince in Ju- h?hday season also has another meaning for man)
the Torah Americans. Kwanza began in 1966 in California as an Africanlieious
sig- American celebration of "first fruit," focusing on children as
e it has al the first fruits of our culture. It is also an optional observance
to avoid commercialization of Christmas traditions. Candles
Oare lit for seven
mmmrnn ^y3 an^ each day
ETHAN MYERSON Gamecock Graphics F'eUowship incorporates
Kwanza
iistribute traditions into their holiday celebrations,
the eight- "It is a period following the day after Christmas to New
led to the Year's Day," said Thomas Payne, former interim minister at
night the the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. "Last year, there was
ithtaking a Kwanza committee that sponsored the recognition of the
t this joy- days and the appropriate celebrations, which ends with a
1 of pride, feast practiced by group of people here in Columbia."
ar- Many cultures have their own interpretations of celebrasame
ba- tion. In Great Britain, the Christmas pudding is "stirred up"
;, or bless- on the Sunday before advent. All family members must take
ire lit. In a hand in the stirring and a special wooden spoon in honor
ah, there of Christ's crib is used. In Yugoslavia, children honor their
ch night, mothers and fathers during the month of December. In Mexenorah
is ico, processions of "pilgrims" knock at doors asking for shelther
can- ter commemorating the search by Joseph and Mary. And in
lit. That the Phillipines, Christmas celebration from Dec. 16 to Jan.
lies. Tra- 6 is said to be the longest in the world.
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1 HOUSTON-Before you stuff your face with a late-night piz- '
t za while cramming for finals or down Mom's pumpkin pie,
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