I posted this yesterday on my socials (when we started this trip, I thought I’d be writing way more here, but the bad internet at our last place made it much easier to just throw something up in a Facebook post instead! Trying to get into the habit of keeping this updated so I have one place to look back on our record of this year!!):
Say hello to our “Mayan Menorahs”— not anything particularly Mayan about them, except that we’ve been learning about traditional Mayan weaving, and how the patterns and colors have significance and meaning. And the boys made the connection that the Hanukkah story was happening right around the same time as the Classical period of Mayan history. So cool! And both civilizations exist to this day and are proud of their traditions. Even cooler!
Since we didn’t think to pack a menorah for this trip, we’ll be coloring in a light every night here.
Added some brilliant words by Liora RH.
May the whole world be allowed peace and light and safety and justice. And great tunes! (Just discovered an AMAZING playlist of Sephardic tunes for Hanukkah 🤘)
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