We watched a video about men singing and dancing, which told the story of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights.
We watched them light the Manora, one each night for eight days.
We watched them play the game of dreidel.
Each player starts out with 10 or 15 coins (real or of chocolate), nuts, raisins, candies, or other markers, and places one marker in the "pot." The first player spins the dreidel, and depending on which side the dreidel falls on, either wins a marker from the pot or gives up part of his stash. The code (based on a Yiddish version of the game) is as follows:
- Nun–nisht, "nothing"–nothing happens, and the next player spins
- Gimel–gants, "all"–the player takes the entire pot
- Hey–halb, "half"–the player takes half of the pot. If there is an odd number of markers, the player usually takes the extra one as well.
- Shin–shtel ayn, "put in"–the player puts one marker in the pot.
We also discussed the fallen angels before the time of Noah.
After class, we had church.
We sang Christmas Songs: Joy to the World, Angels We Have Heard on High, etc.
Brother Tom preached on enjoying the Holidays rather than enduring them.
We partook of the Lord's Supper and were dismissed.
I ate turkey chili with bread at Panera Bread
Purchased a carrot cake muffin to take home.
I visited with my sons and took my Christmas presents to them, as we are having a Christmas Pizza dinner tomorrow.
