Hanukkah ndi holide yachiyuda, yomwe imakondwerera masiku asanu ndi atatu kuchokera pa Kislev 25 (November-December). Ili ndilo tchuthi la makandulo, lomwe limapereka msonkho kwa tsiku la kumasulidwa kwa Kachisi wa Yerusalemu, kuyeretsedwa ndi kuyeretsedwa kwake.
Mbiri ya Chanukah
Kuti muzindikire zomwe tchuthi lachiyuda la Chanukah limatanthauza, mungathe kutsatira mbiri yomwe imayimirira kuseri kwake. Pambuyo pa kugonjetsedwa kwa Alesandro Wamkulu, ulamuliro wa Yuda unaperekedwa m'manja mwa Aigupto, ndiyeno a Agiriki, ndipo ngati panthawi ya ulamuliro woyamba, lamulo la kusasokoneza moyo wachipembedzo wachiyuda unakhazikitsidwa, ndiye pofika a Agiriki, kuyesedwa kunapangitsanso kuphwanya miyambo yawo. Posakhalitsa Chiyuda chinaletsedwa kwathunthu, kuwerenga kwa Torah ndi moyo pansi pa lamulo lachiyuda kunalangidwa mwankhanza ndi akuluakulu a boma, paliponse pali mafano achigiriki okhazikitsidwa. Pasanapite nthawi, kachisi wa Yerusalemu adagwidwa. Kuzunzidwa kotereku sikungatheke, gulu la anthu opandukawo linakhazikitsidwa, motsogoleredwa ndi Yehu Maccabee. Kuyambira mwezi ndi mwezi, gulu lankhondo laling'ono ndi losadziŵika, linagonjetsa magulu ang'onoang'ono a asilikali achigiriki, akuwombera pang'onopang'ono mayiko awo. Atafika ku Phiri la Kachisi, opandukawo anagonjetsa mafano achigiriki ndipo anayatsa mafuta a nyali, yomwe, ngakhale kuti inali yaing'ono, inatentha kwa masiku asanu ndi atatu. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, Hanukkah imakondwerera masiku asanu ndi atatu, kuyatsa makandulo tsiku ndi tsiku.
Chanukah Celebration
Kodi Hanukkah ndi chiani kuchokera kwa Ayuda, tayamba kale kulingalira, kotero tsopano tikupitirizabe ku miyambo ya chikondwerero. Monga ndanenera kale, mu Chanukah lonse, Ayuda akuyatsa makandulo: tsiku loyamba kandulo imodzi imayatsa, yachiwiri - ziwiri, yachitatu - zitatu ndi zina zotero. Zowonjezera pa nthawi ya tchuthiyi, makandulo 44 amagwiritsidwa ntchito, poganizira zomwe moto umabwera. Ndikofunika kuchita izi nthawi zonse
Miyambo ya Hanukkah siimatanthawuza kupezeka kwa maholide pa holide, koma ana okha amapuma kusukulu, koma Hanukkah amatchedwa "tchuthi la ana" osati chifukwa cha izi, chifukwa masiku asanu ndi atatu onse, makolo ayenera kupereka ana awo ndalama ndi masewero. Pa nthawi ya Hanukkah, ana nthawi zambiri amasewera ndi chapamwamba chapadera ndi zolembedwa zolembedwa "Chozizwitsa ndi chabwino apa." Pakati pa mbale za Hanukkah, zodziwika kwambiri ndi mbatata zopangidwa ndi tubers, mazira, matzo ndi zonunkhira.