How it works
Hanukkah bubble letters on one sideways sheet in Fredoka, which keeps a white ring in both a's. The word has eight letters, so a banner at one letter per page is eight sheets, with a and k twice.
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Greetings and the eight nights
After your first print, open Hanukkah words in bubble letters. Happy / Hanukkah, Hanukkah / Party and Chanukah greet a door. Chag / Sameach is a greeting for any Jewish holiday; Chag Hanukkah / Sameach puts this one's name in the middle. Festival of / Lights is the holiday's other name, and Eight / Nights, First / Night and Eighth / Night head a countdown.
Menorah, dreidel and the food table
Menorah, Hanukkiah, Shamash and Light the / Menorah label the candle table. Dreidel and Spin the / Dreidel head a game corner, with Nun, Gimel, Hei and Shin for the four sides and Nes Gadol / Haya Sham or A Great / Miracle / Happened / There above them. Latkes, Sufganiyot, Gelt and Chocolate / Gelt mark the food.
- Hei, three letters, prints over four times as tall as Chag Hanukkah / Sameach, the smallest of the row.
- Happy above Hanukkah, or Party below it, leaves the word its full size in both fonts.
- Baloo 2 fills both a's of Hanukkah with black; set Look to Outline and they open.
Questions and answers
How do you draw Hanukkah in bubble letters?
Pencil H, a, n, u, k, k, a, h with wide gaps. Round every stroke into a fat outline, make the two k's a matching pair, keep a small ring in each a, then rub out the pencil and color.
Is it Hanukkah or Chanukah?
Both write the same Hebrew word in English letters. Hanukkah is the most common spelling and the one Merriam-Webster prefers; the Ch of Chanukah stands for a sound like the ch of the Scottish word loch.
How many candles are on a Hanukkah menorah?
Nine. Eight stand for the eight nights, and the ninth, the shamash, lights the others: one on the first night, two on the second, until all eight burn on the last. The menorah is also called a hanukkiah.
What do the letters on a dreidel mean?
A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side: nun, gimel, hei and shin. They are read as the first letters of Nes Gadol Haya Sham, a great miracle happened there.
What do you eat on Hanukkah?
Fried foods: latkes, which are potato pancakes, and sufganiyot, which are jelly doughnuts. Chocolate gelt, a chocolate coin wrapped in gold or silver foil, stands in for the Hanukkah money often given to children.