#and also chanukah

[nervetower]

[enbeemagical]

before I forget

so last year, I went into work and my coworker was wearing earrings. I was rather surprised, thinking she was wearing menorah earrings, because I didn't think she was Jewish

....she was not in fact wearing menorah earrings. they were moths. Anyways then I couldn't stop thinking about a moth menorah. a mothenorah, if you will. and I sketched one on my phone that day.

(ID: a very crude digital sketch of a moth menorah /end ID)

I kept meaning to redraw it, and finally I did! Behold: the Luna Mothenorah

ID: a pencil drawing of a luna moth menorah. The head holds the shamash, and the outstretched wings are level and hold the other eight candles, which alternate between white, blue, and yellow. The moth's wings are mostly pale green, with a brown spot on each wing, and the tails of the wings form the stand. /end ID

upgrade, no?

[destiel-news-channel]

[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'Happy Chanukah!' to Cas' 'I love you'. /End ID]

It's sundown for me, which means Chanukah has officially started here. So to all Jews on tumblr:

חג אורים שמח

[chanaleah]

Everybody! Aerie has Chanukah underwear. And it’s not just one pair. No. There are 5 different Chanukah designs!!

And it seems like maybe they even consulted with real life Jews to make them because the chanukiot are done right and there are sufganiyot on one of the pairs

And I know this is like the bare minimum that Chanukah is acknowledged but it just makes me so happy to see

like look the little polar bear is lighting the Chanukiah with the shamash and even lighting them the right order

[genericpuff]

Bit of a late post because I've been spending the last two days driving around non-stop to visit family for Christmas, but! Happy Holidays to you all! I'm so thankful to be here with such an amazing community of creators, readers, and friends 💖 For all those who celebrate this time of year in their many shapes and forms, I hope you're having a wonderful and safe holiday season! Te'tuji Kesalnu'k !

[doyouknowthisjewishcharacter]

Do you know this Jewish character?

[nightwings-puphood]

little kid dick waiting next to the stove as alfred makes latkes. the second they hit the paper towel covered plate he picks it up, dunks it in [condiment], and shoves it in his mouth

later they play dreidel with slightly burnt fingers

as the batfam grows the dreidel games get INTENSE (not as intense as when it's the part of the seder when it's time for them to beat each other with leeks, but it gets close)

[blacktobackmesa]

Whoever needs to hear this, it's time to take the headcrab out of the freezer.

I mean Happy Holidays 🕯️☃️🌟🎄

[loki-god-of-mischief-13]

We had a cookie decorating activity at my school today. It clearly was aimed towards Christmas with the shape of the cookies and the Christmas songs, so I made this one:

[shalom-iamcominghome]

I used to keep track of major jewish holidays many years ago. Obviously, I didn't know about all of them, but I would post a hearty "happy [holiday]!" on my instagram stories. I had one jewish friend at the time and I didn't really post that for them specifically. I guess part of me posted those things for myself? It was mostly out of joy and hopefulness, though I didn't know what that was, why it was, or what it meant

But now, I'm looking through my memories and I get to see "happy Rosh Hashanah!!!" and "IT'S HANUKKAH!!!" posts right when those holidays would have been and it's almost surreal

[autistic-katara]

random pet peeve i have is whenever i see a post abt a jewish or muslim or whatever holiday it’s “happy hannukah to those who celebrate” or “happy eid to those who observe” but u hardly ever see that w/ shit like christmas or easter

[feygaleh]

trying to lose a few pounds during chanukah season feels like what i imagine sisyphus felt like pushing that rock. oil oil oil oil…

[coquelicoq]

good morning can i show you guys the christmas card my little sister wrote me in french (she does not know any french)

joyeux Noël, j'espère que vous comprenez ce que je dis compte tenu de la fiabilité de Google Translate. Jespère qu'à l'avenir nous voir plus de deux fois par an. Je ne sais pas vraiment quoi dire d'autre, alors joyeux Noël et j'espère que papa t'a offert. Profitez également des autres choses que je mets sur la carte au lieu de vous ècrire un essai complet.

and then she wrote me a little crossword and a "connect the language to its way of saying 'merry christmas'" game 😭

[destiel-news-channel]

question: whats the difference between Hanukkah and Chanukah? are they the same thing??? is it spelled different for different places?? im confused-

okay, disclaimer: i am not jewish myself so please correct me if im wrong here. chanukah and hanukkah are both different spellings of the same thing as they are transliterations of the hebrew word חנוכה. The different spellings exist because 1. there doesn't really exist an english equivalent to some of the sounds, 2. different Jewish groups pronounce the word differently. In Ashkenazic tradition ח is pronounced as /x/ which has no english equivalent (i have heard it described as similar to someone clearing their throat or the german 'ch' sound if that means something to you). Ashkenazim prefer chanukah because ch has been used to represent /x/ in other words already. Sephardim pronounce the ח in חנוכה closer to h though, so they prefer the hanukkah spelling. The difference between the amount of ks comes from whether one also transliterates a diacritic (dagesh) which in some grammatical contexts in hebrew indicates a doubling of the consonant (as in the english word bookkeeper).

i had exactly that question two days ago so here is my source link (this is basically a transcription of what i learned from there)

fun fact: there are many more ways to spell chanukah! these two are just the most popular!

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[thegayfromrulid]

I want to wish any followers a Happy Chanukah even as my heart aches so much right now.

It's been a very rough school semester to be Jewish and to be Muslim on my campus right now. The spread of ignorance has been so bad that I've had to leave spaces because I actually felt like if someone looked at me and recognized I was Ashkenazi, they might seek to harm me. This is indeed a difficult time where all Jewish hearts are not united, because there is strife being sown in this world by Jewish hands.

Please remember that many Jewish people are weeping at the injustices alongside our Muslim brothers and sisters. In a time of suffering, let us lift one another up and speak out against injustice and cruelty.