{"id":14350,"date":"2025-12-16T20:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14350"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:01:45","slug":"jewish-world-what-is-hanukkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14350","title":{"rendered":"Jewish World: What Is Hanukkah?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Various<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you only have a few minutes to learn about Hanukkah (or Chanukah), read <a href=\"https:\/\/lausanne.org\/about\/blog\/understanding-your-jewish-neighbour-hanukkah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Understanding Your Jewish Neighbor: Hanukkah<\/a> (part of a series from the Lausanne Movement), scroll through <a href=\"https:\/\/join1440.com\/t\/hanukkah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a roundup on the holiday from 1440,<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VvFqBimGuIQ?si=v6lEA8zA4_5tpeNG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">watch this engaging four-minute video<\/a> (also below) from a Jewish nonprofit media studio, BimBam.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Hanukkah?\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VvFqBimGuIQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have the time and interest, read an opinion piece making the case that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-879819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jews need a new story of Hanukkah or risk losing next Jewish generation to disillusionment<\/a>&nbsp;(Jerusalem Post).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also praying for those impacted by Sunday\u2019s shooting in Australia, which targeted a group celebrating the first day of Hanukkah. You can find news and opinions on many channels, but if you don\u2019t know where to start, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-15\/bondi-beach-shooting-terrorist-attack\/106142446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bondi Beach Shooting Live Updates<\/a> (ABC Australia) and watch a six-minute commentary on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/htABEVsbx_0?si=hKOoBVnBgIk9tqVm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">why the Bondi Hanukkah shooting is particularly vile<\/a> (from a source called Leviticus Is Fun).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider praying the <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Prayers\/Daily_Prayers\/Kaddish\/KaddishEnglish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mourner\u2019s Kaddish in English<\/a> which encourages those who mourn to look up and affirm God\u2019s goodness (Hebrew for Christians).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Various If you only have a few minutes to learn about Hanukkah (or Chanukah), read Understanding Your Jewish Neighbor: Hanukkah (part of a series from the Lausanne Movement), scroll through a roundup on the holiday from 1440, or watch this engaging four-minute video (also below) from a Jewish nonprofit media studio, BimBam.\u00a0 If you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=14350\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jewish World: What Is Hanukkah?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14353,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14350\/revisions\/14353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}