Also spelled hanukkah, means "dedication". This Jewish holiday traces its roots back more than 2,000 years.This year let us package up the necessary items for you to observe this festival. Email us with any questions or make a request.

One of the most important Chanukah customs is to light colorful candles in a menorah or candelabrum with eight branches, one for each night of Chanukah and one prominent one that holds the candle to be used to light the others. On the first night, one candle is lit and each succeeding night another is added so that all eight are alight on the last night. Because the Chanukah story involved oil, foods fried in oil are traditional for the holiday. Potato pancakes appear to have come to us from Russia. There the Jews made "latkes" or pancakes from a great variety of ingredients, from cheese to buckwheat flour to noodles. Legend says that women behind the lines, during the Jews' fight against the Syrians 2,000 years ago, made flat cakes for the warriors because they could be prepared quickly.