Khanike              

Vocabulary

• Match Chanukkah words with pictures   (beginner)

• Chanukkah words  for teachers (beginner)

• How many candles are in the menorah? וויפֿל ליכטעלעך אין אַ מנורה   (beginner)

• Fill in the blanks    חנוכּה     (intermediate)

Songs

• The popular song “Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl” (I am a little dreydl)     – Did you know that this dreydl is made of lead (and not of clay) ?!     איך בין אַ קליינער דריידל   (beginner)

• Kh’bin a kleyner dreydl  Fill in the blanks  (beginner)

•   Yingele, meydele!         Listen to Lori Cahan-Simon’s dancing performance of “Drey zikh, dreydele” (Spin, dreydl) … and sing (or spin!) along          דריי זיך דריידעלע  (beginner)

• Can you sing “Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah” in Yiddish?    Listen to Khanike oy khanike sung by Pete Seeger and complete the song   חנוכּה ,אוי חנוכּה  (intermediate)

• “Gut yontef, aykh kinder” (Happy holiday to you, children) can be found on the CD Vessel of Song: Music of Mikhl Gelbart by the Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble    גוט יום-טובֿ אײַך ,קינדער (intermediate)

• “Akht Likhtelekh” (Eight Candles)   אַכט ליכטעלעך     from Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman’s CD Fli, Mayn Flishlang.   (intermediate)

Activities  (advanced)

• Ha-ha-ha Hanukkah!  Describe funny Chanukkah images.         כאַ-כאַ-כאַ … חנוכּה     (advanced)

• Play dreydl!  מיר שפּילן אין דריידל (advanced)

Story  (advanced)

• Read Zlateh the Goat by I. B. Singer.