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Hanukkah - The Menorah

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Sheilah Kaufman
Cooking with Sheilah
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For the past 39 years, under the banner of "Fearless Fussless," I have been crisscrossing the country from Alaska and Hawaii to Maine and Mexico, demystifying cooking and teaching "fearless fussless, easy ways to elegant cooking" to all ages (including tots and moms/dads from 3 to five years old). My recipes are user friendly and the style is simple, unique, and loaded with hints and tips. Everything can be made ahead or frozen, takes about 20 minutes preparation time, and tastes fabulous.

As a traveling cooking teacher, I teach classes at Cooks Warehouse; Sur La Table; Kitchen Affairs; Publix; Gelson's; for organizations such as Brandeis Women; and fund raisers such as Cooks & Books. The Smithsonian did a program which included SEPHARDIC ISRAELI CUISINE, one of my newest book. In addition, I am a freelance food writer, lecturer on history of foods, and consult and lecture on getting into the gourmet and/or fancy food business, and the gift basket business. I am an active member of Les Dames d'Escoffier and a member of IACP.

As the author of 26 cookbooks I am often a guest on TV and radio shows. My books include UPPER CRUSTS Fabulous Ways to Use Bread (Delectable Recipes for Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Main Courses, Desserts, and More); A TASTE OF TURKISH CUISINE; SEPHARDIC/ISRAELI CUISINE; SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE: Easy, Elegant, Fearless Fussless; VEGETABLE MAGIC; and STEWS SOUP CHOWDERS among others.

Currently I am the food editor of Jewish Women International's (JWI) new website <a>www.jwmag.org</a> and a contributing food editor for the Town Courier, and contributing food writer to Vegetarian Times Magazine and The Washington Post and a contributing food writer for other newspapers around the country.

Other activities included: developing recipes for major food companies; media spokesperson for an international food company and an international gourmet products company; Fancy Food and Gourmet Editor for GIFT AND DEC Magazine for over 20 years, and their spokesperson/ speaker at major trade shows.

Hanukkah - The Menorah

This video will show how to celebrate Hanukkah, including its origins, significance and various activites related to it.

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Sheilah Kaufman: Hi, this is Sheilah Kaufman. Today we are learning about Hanukkah and now we are going to learn about the Menorah. Lighting the Menorah of Hanukkah should begin with one light and one should be added each night because holiness is something that must grow not become smaller. That point of Hanukkah was first discussed by the sages, the idea was to light all eight candles the first night and seven the next, then six, five, four, three, etcetera but later it was overruled to comply with holiness and light growing. So now we light one each night working our way towards the final night. We use the word Menorah to speak of a special candle holder we use only at Hanukkah but Menorah is really just the Hebrew word for any kind of lamp or lighting fixture. But in Israel Hanukiya is used to describe the Hanukkah candle holder. The Menorah is the symbol of light and truth, and is usually lift and placed in the window for all to see. In order not to duplicate the temple Menorah which held seven cups and to commemorate the miracle of Hanukkah, the eighth cup was added to the Menorah making it special for Hanukkah. Menorahs can be made out of tin, they can be made out of ceramic, they can made out of porcelain, they can made be out of silver. Today, they can be made out of almost anything but the eight candles have to be on the same level and the Shamash is raised. The Shamash is the candle that lights all of the other candles and that has a higher position on the Menorah. The word Shamash is Hebrew for a guard or servant.

When we light the Menorah, we light the candles from left to right. One that new candle is added each night of Hanukkah. Now that we have learned something about the Menorah, we are going to learn about two other items that are important for Hanukkah. Hanukkah geld and the dreidel.

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