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Latkes, menorahs and dreidels. It’s that time of the year again for all the Jewish people in town and everywhere to enjoy their eight-day holiday.
The spiritual celebration will begin on Saturday night so get your candles ready for lighting and brush up a bit on your Hebrew.
If you aren’t prepared for the annual commemoration, here’s a song from one of the most hilarious Jews ever to get you pumped and in the spirit. L’chaim!

This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2012.

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Put On Your Yarmulke, It’s Time For Hanukkah

by Jake Williky, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 7, 2012

<h1>Put On Your Yarmulke, It’s Time For Hanukkah</h1> <p class="byline">by Jake Williky, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 7, 2012</p> <p><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_11727_make-potato-latkes.html" target="_blank">Latkes</a>, <a href="http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/How-To-Light-The-Hanukkah-Menorah.htm" target="_blank">menorahs</a> and <a href="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Hanukkah/At_Home/Dreidel/How_To_Play.shtml" target="_blank">dreidels</a>. It's that time of the year again for all the Jewish people in town and everywhere to enjoy their <a href="http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/default_cdo/jewish/Hanukkah.htm" target="_blank">eight-day holiday.</a> <br />The spiritual celebration will begin on Saturday night so get your candles ready for lighting and brush up a bit on your Hebrew. <br />If you aren't <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Hanukkah" target="_blank">prepared for the annual commemoration</a>, here's a song from one of the most hilarious Jews ever to get you pumped and in the spirit. L'chaim!</p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/embed/Rd1Pyu9_rxo </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/put-on-your-yarmulke-its-time-for-hanukkah-2197721/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=13738&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/put-on-your-yarmulke-its-time-for-hanukkah-2197721/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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