Happy Chanukah! Show me your chanukiah 🕎

[u/Ok-Average3876]

This first candle was lit to honour the memory of Dr Adnan Al-Bursh 🇵🇸❤️

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yikes friend, it’s possible to educate without shaming. jews can choose to engage with judaism to whatever degree and in whatever ways make them feel connected to their ancestry. it sounds like you have great knowledge to share! and, someone who doesn’t have that same knowledge or prioritize the specific details you do isn’t less of a jew

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We have bigger fish to fry than where the candles go on the menorah. I understand what you're saying and it goes without saying that I didn't say anything with the intention of offending or upsetting you.

Like many, I'm cut off from my Jewish community because they're a bunch of filthy Zionists. So yeah, I am having to figure it out as I go along with a gentile husband and a 2 year old. I ask that you give some grace for those that don't have the knowledge/understanding/resources as you.

I am a patrilineal Jew btw, just to stir the pot further. With two generations of defectors above me. So it is my great grandfather to whom I owe my identity. I don't think it's helpful to try police people and then call it disrespect. Feels like you're trying to deliberately misunderstand the intention of the message. Which is... happy Chanukah !

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Here's the source material, presuming that you want to learn something about how Jews actually practice our rituals. https://www.sefaria.org/Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.670.1?lang=bi

Specifically Simanim 670 through 684.

If your interrupted/severed lineage is Ashkenazi, then you'll want the glosses from this (since I'm not, I don't know where he discusses Hanukkah, but if you're interested I'm sure you'll find it). https://www.sefaria.org/Kitzur_Shulchan_Arukh?tab=versions