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Michi
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Jewish Couples
I have never really celebrated hanukkah b4 even tho im jewish..yes when i was little we got presents each day and all that stuff but b/c my past boyfriend was catholic, we always did the xmas thing...
do any couples have any special hanukkah traditions that u can share with me, in regards to when u eat, meet with family, go to temple...give gifts to ur SO??? thanks 
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Posted 10/18/05 9:12 PM  |
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bklyngirl
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Re: Jewish Couples
food wise, my mom always made potato latkes(pancake). we lite 1 candle on the menorah for each night...there's 8 days of hanukkah. giftwise...we get what the other person needs. that's how dh and i do it
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:18 PM |
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Michi
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Re: Jewish Couples
Posted by bklyngirl
food wise, my mom always made potato latkes(pancake). we lite 1 candle on the menorah for each night...there's 8 days of hanukkah. giftwise...we get what the other person needs. that's how dh and i do it
thanks when do u give the gifts, first nite? last nite?
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:21 PM |
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Jax430
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Re: Jewish Couples
We get together with each of our families once during the 8 nights, in order to celebrate together. Usually it's whenever the weekend falls out. We eat potato latkes and light the menorah. DH and I exchange gifts on a night other than the one we're getting gifts from our families, to spread it out more.
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:23 PM |
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bklyngirl
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Re: Jewish Couples
Posted by muchinluvmichi
Posted by bklyngirl
food wise, my mom always made potato latkes(pancake). we lite 1 candle on the menorah for each night...there's 8 days of hanukkah. giftwise...we get what the other person needs. that's how dh and i do it
thanks when do u give the gifts, first nite? last nite?
dh and i do it on the first nite. we try to see the families sometime during the holiday
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:25 PM |
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Michi
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Re: Jewish Couples
thanks girls 
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:30 PM |
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Luvlylady
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Re: Jewish Couples
When I was younger my neighbor and then best friend was Jewish & I always got jealous at all the gifts she got
Is your new Bo Jewish?
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:35 PM |
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Michi
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Re: Jewish Couples
Posted by Luvlylady
When I was younger my neighbor and then best friend was Jewish & I always got jealous at all the gifts she got
Is your new Bo Jewish?
yup hes jewish see my mom is jewish, my dad was catholic, we always grew up practicing both religions--but neither of them were verry hardcore, lite a menorah, open gifts on xmas lol..alot of mix and match... once my dad passed away we still do xmas but lean more towards the jewish faith now...
since my boyfriend is jewish...we obviously wont be celebrating xmas, so im trying to embrace the jewish side alot more since that is what he believes
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:40 PM |
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Shelly
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Re: Jewish Couples
On Hanukkah, we eat latkes (potatoe pancakes) with applesauce. It is an Israel tradition to also eat soofganeot- whcih are basically jelly donuts. Traditionally- people play with dreidels (but I don't know anyone over the age of 5 who does). There are some cute songs. We also light a menorah every night for 8 nights. The first night we light one. The second night we light 2, etc...There are also blessings you say when you light the candles.
ETA: There are so many temples on LI, that offer classes on torah and judaism for non relgious people to learn. If you are trying to embrace judaism, it may be a good idea to learn, not only the practices, but why we do them.
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| Posted 10/18/05 9:51 PM |
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btrflygrl
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Re: Jewish Couples
our family always did the first night....big dinner with potato pancakes and grandma and grandpa always came with their mountain of presents.
Then with the step family, we'd do the same thing, first night (unless it was in the middle of the week) and then we did Christmas Eve.
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| Posted 10/19/05 8:54 AM |
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