Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is observed for eight days, beginning on the evening of the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev. This year Chanukah starts at sundown, Sunday, December 9th, 2001 and lasts for eight days thru Monday, December 17th, 2001. Chanukah is a wonderful holiday of renewed dedication, faith, hope and spiritual light. It's a holiday that says: "Never lose hope." Chanukah commemorates the victory of a small band of Maccabees over the pagan Syrian-Greeks who ruled over Israel. Below are 83 websites about Chanukah, ranging from laws and customs to games and recipes. For your convenience, the sites are also hyper-linked online at: http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdaych.htm

Enjoy!
Happy Chanukah,
Jacob

Aish HaTorah Chanukah Site
http://aish.com/holidays/Chanukah/

OU Online Channuka Page
http://www.ou.org/chagim/chanukah/default.htm

Jewish Heritage Magazine - Hannukah Edition
http://www.jhom.com/calendar/kislev/announcement.html

Virtual Chanukah - Chabad Lubavitch
http://www.virtualchanukah.com/

Chanukah with Ohr Somayach
http://www.ohr.org.il/special/chanukah/index.htm

Chanukah Songs (Hebrew using graphics, with vowels)
http://www.j.co.il

My Jewish Coloring Book - Chanukah Pictures
http://www.j.co.il

Hanukkah @ JTS
http://learn.jtsa.edu/hanukkah/

Virtual Jerusalem - Chanukah Megasite
http://207.168.91.4/vjholidays/chanukah/index.htm

613.org: Real Audio (blessings,classes, songs)
http://www.613.org/chanuka.html

Chanukah Fun & Coloring Book (Torah Tots)
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/chanuka/chanuk.htm

Kidskourt Hanukkah Coloring Pages
http://www.kidskourt.com/Holidays/HanColor.htm

Kid's Domain Chanukah Coloring Pages
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/color.html

My Hebrew Dictionary - Chanukah Related Words
http://www.dictionary.co.il

Akhlah for Kids (includes blessings)
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/hanukkah/Hanukkah.asp

Everything Jewish: Hanukah
http://www.everythingjewish.com/Hanukah/origins.htm

Jewish Community Online: Chanukah
http://www.jewish.com/chanukah/

Being Jewish: Chanukah Gateway
http://beingjewish.com/yomtov/chanukah/

About.com: Chanukah
http://judaism.about.com /religion/judaism/library/holidays/chanukah/bl_chanukah.htm

Jewish Holiday Consumer - Chanukah
http://www.jewish-holiday.com/chanukah.html

Project Genesis - On-Line Menorah
http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/chanukah/

ORT's Hanukkah section
http://www.ort.org/ort/edu/festivals/hanukkah/index.html

Torah From Dixie Chanukah Articles
http://www.tfdixie.com/holidays/chanukah/

NCSY: Chanukah Articles
http://www.shamash.org/nerncsy/publications/index.html#chanukah

Neveh Zion Chanukah Pages
http://www.neveh.org/chanukah/

Halacha sheet for Chanukah
http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~hm16/chanukah.htm

Darche Noam Chanuka Page
http://www.darchenoam.org/articles/web/holidays/ar_chan_home.htm

Israel Museum: Galleries of Menorah (English & Hebrew)
http://www.imj.org.il/menorah/galleries.html

Machon Chagim: Chanukah (English)
http://www.chagim.org.il/chanukkaheng.html

Machon Chagim: Chanukah (Hebrew)
http://www.chagim.org.il/chanukkah.html

Jewish Agency: Chanukah (Easy Hebrew)
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/ivrit/corner/hanuka/index.htm

Daat Articles: Chanukah (Hebrew)
http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/shabat/shabat.htm#hanuka

Bar-Ilan Essays on Hanukah (Hebrew)
http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/hanuka/hanuka.shtml

Judaism 101: Chanukkah
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm

Chanukah Gateway
http://www.freeyellow.com/members6/yomtov/CHgateway.html

Tzivos-Hashem: The Short Story of Chanuka (for kids)
http://www.tzivos-hashem.org/newsletter/nl92/rebus.htm

JIS: Online Chanukah Course
http://www.jewishstudies.org/courses/HHC/information.htm

Chanukah on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/chanukah/

Nishmas: Customs of Chanukah
http://www.nishmas.org.il/minhagim/chanukah.htm

For Every Jew: Chanukah
http://www.foreveryjew.com/chanukah.html

DundaWare ShockDreidel (req. Shockwave)
http://www.dnai.com/~dunda/SW/ShockDreidel.html

CleverMedia: The Hanukkah Dreidel Game (req. Shockwave)
http://clevermedia.com/game.cgi?dreidel

ZigZag Hannukah Lights (req. Java)
http://www.zigzagworld.com/hanukiah/

Chanukah Word Search (req. Java)
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/games/word2.html

Not Just for Kids: Hanukkah Certificates
http://www.night.net/kids/cert-hanukkah.html-ssi

Hanukat: Celebrate Hanukkah with the Kids
http://www.hanukat.com/

It's not your Father's Hannukah (Yet it is...)
http://www.caryn.com/holiday/holiday-chan.html

Billy Bear's Hanukkah
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/hanukkah/hanukkah.htm

Surfing the Net: Hanukkah Coloring Book
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/holiday-cb.htm

History Channel: Amazing Hanukkah Feats (largest...)
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/hanukkah/feats.html

Hanukkah in CyberSpace
http://www.designsbydaybreak.com/holidays/hanukkah/index.html

ICJI: Chaunkah
http://www.biu.ac.il/ICJI/Competition/chapter7/723.htm

Misrash Ben Ish Hai (Sepharadim customs)
http://www.midrash.org/halakha/hanukkah.html

Channuka from Chabad MD (1999)
http://www.his.com/~chabad/8days/chanu57.htm

Yeshivat Har Etzion Chanukah Journal
http://www.vbm-torah.org/chanuka.htm

WZO - Holidays with a Twist (Humor, 1996)
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/expand_subject.asp?id=133

Jewish Magazine - Chanukah (2000)
http://www.jewishmag.com/38mag/38mag.htm

Chabad Brazil - Chanukah (Portugese)
http://www.chabad.org.br/datas/chanuca/index.html

Alliance - Chanukah (French)
http://www.alliancefr.com/~zmanim/indexhan61.html

Virtual Chanukah (Russian, 1999)
http://www.chanuka.ru/

Machanaim: Chanukah (Russian)
http://machanaim.co.il/holidays/in_chan.htm

Chanukah Special (Italian)
http://www.menorah.it/chanukka.htm

Masuah: Januca (Spanish)
http://www.masuah.org/januca.htm

Draw a Hanukkah House
http://www.zigzagworld.com/draw/

Clipart for Hanukkah Clipart
http://www.kidskourt.com/Holidays/HanClip.htm

Free Graphics Chanuka Graphics
http://www.freegraphics.com/images/downloads/chanukah/index.html

Bitsela Hanukkah Clipart
http://www.bitsela.comcm@bitsela.com/hanukkah.htm

Chanukah Clipart from Kid's Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/clip.html

Jewish World Review: Chanukah (1997)
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/chanukah.html

Hanukah - Jewish Agency Pedagogic Center
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/hanuka/index.html

JOI Hanukkah Activities
http://www.joi.org/celebrate/hanuk/index.shtml

Adam Sandler's Hanukkah Song (Humor)
http://www.asandler.com/lyrics/hanukah.shtml

Chanukka Midi Music
http://www.jr.co.il/music/midi/jewish.htm#chanukka

Chanukka Humor
http://www.jr.co.il/humor/chanuka.htm

RFCJ: Hanukah Recipes
http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/category.cgi?category=HANUKKAH

Epicurious: Chanukkah Recipes
http://www.epicurious.com/ e_eating/e06_jewish_cooking/recipes/recipes.html#HANUKKAH

Blue Mountain Animated Greeting Cards
http://www.bluemountain.com/eng/hanukkah/index.html

Care2 Animated Greeting Cards
http://www.care2.com/send/cathanukkah1.html

123 Greetings
http://www.123greetings.com/events/hanukkah/

Sealing Wax Greeting Cards
http://www.sealingwax.com/category_view?came_from=Hanukkah

Awesome Animated Greeting Cards
http://www.marlo.com/heb/chanukah.htm

Judaic Greeting Cards by Raz
http://www.designsbydaybreak.com/jewishgreetings/ mycards_hanukkah.html

Greetz Greeting Cards
http://greetz.com/chanukah/

Hanukah.com Greeting Cards
http://www.hanukah.com/cards/