Hanukkah 5776 in Synagogue
24 Kislèv - 3 Tevèt 5776
December 6 - 14, 2015
Hanukkah 5776 in Synagogue
The photo is part of my photographic exhibition featuring 21 laminated panels. The images of the exhibit represent the symbols of Jewish festivals throughout the year.
The exhibition has been shown in various places.
See on flickr : "Light and Tradition"
www.flickr.com/photos/studiodobs/albums/72157689952244162
Hanukkah, in Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה, the Festival of Lights or Feast of Dedication, is a Jewish holiday, commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire, in 165 BC.
Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
When the Second Temple in Jerusalem was looted and services stopped, Judaism was outlawed. In 167 BC Antiochus ordered an altar to Zeus erected in the Temple. He banned brit milah (circumcision) and ordered pigs to be sacrificed at the altar of the temple .
Antiochus's actions provoked a large-scale revolt. Mattityahu, a Jewish priest, and his five sons Jochanan, Simeon, Eleazar,Jonathan, and Judah led a rebellion against Antiochus. Judah became known as Yehuda HaMakabi ("Judah the Hammer").
By 166 BC Mattathias had died, and Judah took his place as leader. By 165 BC the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple was liberated and rededicated. The festival of Hanukkah was instituted to celebrate this event.
Judah ordered the Temple to be cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels to be made. According to the Talmud, unadulterated and undefiled pure olive oil, with the seal of the kohen gadol (high priest), was needed for the menorah in the Temple, which was required to burn throughout the night every night.
The story goes that one flask was found with only enough oil to burn for one day, yet it burned for eight days, the time needed to prepare a fresh supply of kosher oil for the menorah. An eight-day festival was declared by the Jewish sages to commemorate this miracle.
Nowadays, the Festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched menorah called hanukkiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical menorah consists of eight branches with an additional visually distinct branch. The extra light, with which the others are lit, is called "shamash" (Hebrew: שמש, "attendant") and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest.
Chanukkah, Hannukkah o Chanukkà, (in ebraico חנוכה o חֲנֻכָּה) è una festività ebraica, conosciuta anche con il nome di Festa delle Luci o Festa dei Lumi.
In ebraico la parola chanukkah significa "inaugurazione" o "dedica", è infatti la festa che commemora la consacrazione di un nuovo altare, che venne inaugurato, il giorno 25 del mese di Kislev, nel Tempio di Gerusalemme, dopo la liberazione della Giudea dall'occupazione Siriana ellenica di Antioco IV Epifane, nel II secolo a.C.
I Maccabei dovettero ripulire il Tempio dagli idoli e costruire un nuovo altare perché quello precedente era stato profanato.
Al giorno d'oggi, la festività dura otto giorni ed è caratterizzata dall'accensione dei lumi di un particolare candelabro a nove braccia chiamato chanukkiah.
La prima candela va accesa al tramonto del 25 Kislev ed ogni successivo giorno della festa, si accende un'ulteriore candela. La candela centrale, chiamata Shammash (bidello, servitore), viene accesa per prima e serve ad accendere le altre, quindi deve rimanere sempre accesa.
Hanukkah 5776 in Synagogue
24 Kislèv - 3 Tevèt 5776
December 6 - 14, 2015
Hanukkah 5776 in Synagogue
The photo is part of my photographic exhibition featuring 21 laminated panels. The images of the exhibit represent the symbols of Jewish festivals throughout the year.
The exhibition has been shown in various places.
See on flickr : "Light and Tradition"
www.flickr.com/photos/studiodobs/albums/72157689952244162
Hanukkah, in Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה, the Festival of Lights or Feast of Dedication, is a Jewish holiday, commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire, in 165 BC.
Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
When the Second Temple in Jerusalem was looted and services stopped, Judaism was outlawed. In 167 BC Antiochus ordered an altar to Zeus erected in the Temple. He banned brit milah (circumcision) and ordered pigs to be sacrificed at the altar of the temple .
Antiochus's actions provoked a large-scale revolt. Mattityahu, a Jewish priest, and his five sons Jochanan, Simeon, Eleazar,Jonathan, and Judah led a rebellion against Antiochus. Judah became known as Yehuda HaMakabi ("Judah the Hammer").
By 166 BC Mattathias had died, and Judah took his place as leader. By 165 BC the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple was liberated and rededicated. The festival of Hanukkah was instituted to celebrate this event.
Judah ordered the Temple to be cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels to be made. According to the Talmud, unadulterated and undefiled pure olive oil, with the seal of the kohen gadol (high priest), was needed for the menorah in the Temple, which was required to burn throughout the night every night.
The story goes that one flask was found with only enough oil to burn for one day, yet it burned for eight days, the time needed to prepare a fresh supply of kosher oil for the menorah. An eight-day festival was declared by the Jewish sages to commemorate this miracle.
Nowadays, the Festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched menorah called hanukkiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical menorah consists of eight branches with an additional visually distinct branch. The extra light, with which the others are lit, is called "shamash" (Hebrew: שמש, "attendant") and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest.
Chanukkah, Hannukkah o Chanukkà, (in ebraico חנוכה o חֲנֻכָּה) è una festività ebraica, conosciuta anche con il nome di Festa delle Luci o Festa dei Lumi.
In ebraico la parola chanukkah significa "inaugurazione" o "dedica", è infatti la festa che commemora la consacrazione di un nuovo altare, che venne inaugurato, il giorno 25 del mese di Kislev, nel Tempio di Gerusalemme, dopo la liberazione della Giudea dall'occupazione Siriana ellenica di Antioco IV Epifane, nel II secolo a.C.
I Maccabei dovettero ripulire il Tempio dagli idoli e costruire un nuovo altare perché quello precedente era stato profanato.
Al giorno d'oggi, la festività dura otto giorni ed è caratterizzata dall'accensione dei lumi di un particolare candelabro a nove braccia chiamato chanukkiah.
La prima candela va accesa al tramonto del 25 Kislev ed ogni successivo giorno della festa, si accende un'ulteriore candela. La candela centrale, chiamata Shammash (bidello, servitore), viene accesa per prima e serve ad accendere le altre, quindi deve rimanere sempre accesa.