Hanukkah 2012 in the Cranberry Area
The Festival of Lights kicks off Dec. 8.
This year, Hanukkah begins on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 8, and ends a week later on Sunday, Dec. 16. According to Chabad.org, Hanukkah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev and lasts for eight days. For those of us who aren't attuned to the Jewish calendar, that translates to sundown on Saturday, Dec. 8. Locally, the Cranberry Jewish Community association will be mark the ninth day of Hanukkah with a celebration from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 in the Pittsburgh Room of the Marriott North on Route 228 in Cranberry. The party’s scheduling will also avoid any conflicts with a different sacred observance—the Pittsburgh Steelers game at Dallas—scheduled to begin at 4:15 that same Sunday, according to the event organizers. …
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Art Wegweiser
10:06 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
That's CHanukkah as translated from Hebrew. The"C"was dropped for those unable to pronounce "CH". I function with a prosthesis voice box and can do it, so can anybody else with just a little practice. Allison Park/McCandless more ›