I’m 62 years old and I just heard about the Hanukkiah for the first time tonight on puppy dog pals. What the heck? How can I live my entire life and never have heard of this. I’ve been around plenty of Jewish people and we talked about Hanukkah plenty of times. I’ve known about the menorah. I’ve known about the dreidel. But I’ve never heard of the hanukkiah before tonight.
My wife, who has the nearest thing I’ve ever met to a photographic memory also had no knowledge of this term. She was born and raised in England I was born and raised in America. Neither of us lived in isolation.
What is going on?
lol wtf is this? I have Jewish heritage and never heard of this
Did you celebrate hanukah growing up? When was the last time you went to synagogue?
Yes. Never went regularly, just for special events, so it’s probably been 5 years.
I’ve never celebrated with my havurah where anyone called it a menora, it was always a hanukia. Different groups in different places though, it’s interesting to hear other people’s experiences for sure.