8:00PM – 11:59PM
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E. Burnside Street
Portland, OR 97214
What better way to celebrate the first night of Chanukah than by throwing a community-wide dance party!
Portland, OR. Chanukah begins Sat. night, Dec. 24, 2016 and continues through Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
8:00PM – 11:59PM
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E. Burnside Street
Portland, OR 97214
What better way to celebrate the first night of Chanukah than by throwing a community-wide dance party!
11:00AM – 4:00PM every day until December 28, 2016
Chabad Center for Jewish Life
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
Join us for Portland’s 5th annual Chanukah Wonderland!
CHANUKAH PARTY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: MICHELLE ALANY AND THE MYSTICS
4:00PM – 8:00PM
P’nai Or of Portland: Jewish Renewal
9750 SW Terwilliger
Portland, OR
P’nai Or Chanukah Party with Special Guests: Michelle Alany and the Mystics playing klezmer, sephardic and original…
11:00AM – 4:00PM every day until December 28, 2016
Chabad Center for Jewish Life
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
Join us for Portland’s 5th annual Chanukah Wonderland!
COMMUNITY CHANUKAH CELEBRATION- VANCOUVER
5:30PM – 7:30PM
Esther Short Park & Hilton Hotel Vancouver
W 6th St. & Columbia St.
Downtown
Vancouver, WA 98660
Grand Menorah Lighting Ceremony & Fire Performance by Flamebuoyant Productions at Esther Short Park
11:00AM – 4:00PM every day until December 28, 2016
Chabad Center for Jewish Life
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
Join us for Portland’s 5th annual Chanukah Wonderland!
NEVEH SHALOM’S UGLY CHANUKAH SWEATER PARTY!
6:00PM – 8:30PM
Congregation Neveh Shalom: Conservative
2900 SW Peaceful Lane
Portland, OR
Come one, come all and join us for the CNS annual Chanukah party. There will be a fish/dairy dinner with latkes,…
CHANUKAH STORY TIME WITH AUTHOR ERIC KIMMEL
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Green Bean Books
1600 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97211
Join PJ Library and Green Bean Books for our annual story time with local author, Eric Kimmel!
11:00AM – 4:00PM every day until December 28, 2016
Chabad Center for Jewish Life
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
Join us for Portland’s 5th annual Chanukah Wonderland!
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT HANUKKAH OPEN HOUSE
4:30PM – 9:00PM
Congregation Shir Tikvah: Independent/Progressive
Services at The Bridgeport Building
7550 NE Irving Street
Portland, OR
The Ultimate Dreidel Smackdown makes a return, with other games and activities to chat over!
JEWISH HERITAGE NIGHT @ MODA CENTER
6:00PM – 10:00PM
Moda Center
1 N Center Ct St
Portland, OR 97227
The Portland Trail Blazers and Chabad of Oregon are excited to once again host a Jewish Heritage Night this December…
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Congregation Kesser Israel: Orthodox
6698 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR
Celebrate Chanukah with us and enjoy games, music, dreidel, latkes and more!
LATKE & VODKA- CHANUKAH WOMEN’S EVENING
6:30PM – 8:30PM
RSVP for more info
Annual Chanukah Women’s Evening: Latke Bar – Drinks- Craft- Chanukah Insights
CHANUKAH CELEBRATION FOR ALL AGES
6:30PM – 8:30PM
Havurah Shalom: Reconstructionist
825 NW 18th Ave
Portland, OR
Bring dreidels, chanukiot and candles, if you have them. We’ll fill the night with light, warmth and laughter!
CHANUKAH WITH A NEW YEAR’S TWIST
5:00AM – 9:00PM
Congregation Shaarie Torah: Conservative
920 NW 25th Avenue
Portland, OR
Share in the miracle and magic of Chanukah with a New Year’s Twist! Celebrate at Shaarie Torah for an evening of…
7:00PM – 8:30PM
Havurah Shalom: Reconstructionist
825 NW 18th Ave
Portland, OR
Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods.
The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple (as you’ll read below). Also spelled Hanukkah (or variations of that spelling), the Hebrew word is actually pronounced with a guttural, “kh” sound, kha-nu-kah, not tcha-new-kah.
In the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs instead of mitzvah observance and belief in G‑d. Against all odds, a small band of faithful Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, defeated one of the mightiest armies on earth, drove the Greeks from the land, reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it to the service of G‑d.
When they sought to light the Temple’s Menorah (the seven-branched candelabrum), they found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks. Miraculously, they lit the menorah and the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity.
To commemorate and publicize these miracles, the sages instituted the festival of Chanukah.
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