{"id":2778,"date":"2021-11-29T18:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2021-12-18T12:10:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T11:10:46","slug":"hanukkah-en-que-consiste-esta-fiesta-judia-y-como-se-celebra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/hanukkah-en-que-consiste-esta-fiesta-judia-y-como-se-celebra\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanukkah: what is this Jewish holiday and how is it celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bbc-19j92fr e57qer20\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3 class=\"bbc-bm53ic e1cc2ql70\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In Hebrew it means &#8220;rededication&#8221;, but it is above all the name of one of the most important celebrations in Judaism.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbc-19j92fr e57qer20\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"bbc-bm53ic e1cc2ql70\" dir=\"ltr\"><b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Hanukkah<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> is said in Spanish\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">, but the eight-day holiday is best known for its English spelling, Hanukkah.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbc-19j92fr e57qer20\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"bbc-bm53ic e1cc2ql70\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">It is celebrated every year from Kislev 25, the third month of the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, which in the Gregorian calendar corresponds to the end of November or the beginning of December.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbc-19j92fr e57qer20\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"bbc-bm53ic e1cc2ql70\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">That meant that in 2013, for example, Hanukkah coincided with the American holiday of Thanksgiving and\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">last year it coincided with Christmas.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbc-19j92fr e57qer20\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"bbc-bm53ic e1cc2ql70\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">But in 2020, the lights that characterize Hanukkah will be turned on for the first time on the night of this December 10, to\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">remember a &#8220;miracle&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> that, according to Jewish tradition, occurred in Jerusalem about 2,200 years ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8221; <\/span><\/span><em><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Hanukkah Sameach<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Hebrew it means &#8220;rededication&#8221;, but it is above all the name of one of the most important celebrations in Judaism. Hanukkah is said in Spanish\u00a0 , but the eight-day holiday is best known for its English spelling, Hanukkah. It is celebrated every year from Kislev 25, the third month of the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2825,"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions\/2825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cacobi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}