They're on they're way! Thanks Giving is on Thursday the twenty-eighth, and the first day of Chanukah is on the twenty-eighth. Exciting! In choir, we've been practicing Chanukah songs since the beginning of November. We're singing 'Chanukah oh Chanukah,' 'I have a little dreidle,' 'Maoz Tzur,' and many others. We'll also probably bring out the maccabeats Chanukah music. Love Chanukah! Love lighting our menorah. Love latkes. Love everything we eat on Chanukah. I just love Chanukah!

Yet sometimes we forget about the true meaning of Chanukah. We get so caught up in all the excitement of the holiday that we forget why we even celebrate it. Chanukah is a week of miracles, when one group of brave, Jewish men fought against the Greek army and won. Then the menorah miraculously stayed lit until more oil could be made. Talk about a miracle! Even Yeshua celebrated Chanukah, though probably not in the form we do today.

Chanukah is not a commanded feast day. It is not holy. We are not commanded to celebrate it. We do it to celebrate the miracles during that time of reclaiming the temple and because Yeshua celebrated it. But we aren't commanded to.

But anyway, who's excited for Thanks Giving? Roasted turkey, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, green been casserole, you said it. Funny how almost all of America eats the same foods on one day of a year, and very interesting how Passover is only eaten usually by Torah believers. How does that work? But that's another topic I'm not going to discuss at this point in time.

Thanks Giving is a day to give thanks for, well, whatever you're thankful for, I guess. The pilgrims did it because they were thankful that God brought them safely to the New World. I might be wrong, but I've heard some people say that they think that the pilgrims were celebrating Sukkot, since they celebrated Thanks Giving right around the same time, but I, personally, disagree. It's a wonderful idea, but these were no Torah observant or Jewish people. They were Puritans and Separatists, who ate pork and worked on the Sabbath (meaning they worked on the seventh day instead of Sunday) and a whole list of other things that are breaking Torah. Of course, they probably didn't know any better; they were probably brain washed like their parents. But still, all you have to do is open up a bible and read. I wonder if anybody did?

What are your views on Chanukah and Thanks Giving? Please comment and share with me! I love hearing peoples opinions!

Blessings,
Emma