Eight Winter Nights by Laura Krauss Melmed

Author:Laura Krauss Melmed
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8118-5552-5
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

A Lucky Number

1

+ 2

+ 3

+ 4

+ 5

+ 6

+ 7

+ 8

Makes 36,

And here’s the wonder—

36 is a lucky number!

Good Night

The snow is white.

The stars are bright.

The family is sleeping tight,

Wrapped in dreams

Of candlelight.

Hanukkah

About two thousand years ago, the Jewish people were ruled by a cruel foreign king named Antiochus. He would not let them practice their religion and forced them to bow down to statues placed inside their holy temple. Out of fear, many people obeyed. But a small band of fighters led by Judah Maccabee would not give in. They battled Antiochus’s army for three years and finally won. When they reclaimed the temple, they found that the eternal lamp, meant to be kept burning at all times, had gone out. According to tradition, there was only enough special oil to relight the lamp for one day. But the oil burned for eight days and nights, the time needed to prepare more oil.

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