2. Meet the Cohen Family! Look at their faces. How do you think they are feeling? There’s Grandpa, Grandma, Mum, Dad and little Aaron. Click Well done! The Cohen Family are feeling very happy. This is because they are celebrating a very special festival. The festival they are celebrating is Hanukkah. topicresources.com 2010

3. From that day to this, Jewish people have celebrated the festival of Hanukkah. It is a Festival of lights because of the miracle of the oil lamps and it lasts for eight days because the oil lamps in the temple continued to burn for eight days. We believe that, after the dark days when our ancestors were being bullied by the Greeks, the victory of the Maccabee Jews brought light back into our lives. Click Is that why we light a candle on each day of our Hanukkah festival Dad? That’s right Aaron. One candle is lit each evening until on the eighth day all the candles are burning. We use a special candle holder called a hanukiah. It has nine branches with one candle on each branch. The ninth candle is used to light all the other candles. Special prayers are said, songs are sung and synagogues hold parties. topicresources.com 2010