Hanukkah

I never really thought that I would celebrate the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah.  I definitely never thought that I would celebrate Hanukkah in South Korea.  However, this past Saturday night, we were invited to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with a couple friends in our neighborhood.  A couple whom we are friends with celebrate Hanukkah every year.  Josh is Jewish by heritage and he and his wife, Kalie, are keeping up the tradition.  Hanukkah started at sundown on Saturday, December 8th and will end on Saturday, December 15th.

Josh prepared many traditional foods and Zach made challah bread (pronounced holla).

Josh and Kalie also explained what Hanukkah was all about and read the prayers associated with the first day of Hanukkah.  Please view the embedded video to hear an explanation of the foods we ate and hear the readings and prayers for the first day of Hanukkah.

A few of us who attended the Hanukkah celebration.

(Arin, Natalie, Kalie, Sam, Josh, Tyler, Cody, Zach)

My first Hanukkah celebration was a really good one!