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Chanukah Poems

Chanukah Confusion

By ALAN SMASON

There’s no kind of confusion that’s greater

Than the clash of two holidays

For when Chanukah and Christmas are united

It might make your eyes start to...

Chanukah Yacht

Eight candles on a Chanukiah

Were lit upon a yacht

To remember all the Maccabees

In a most idyllic spot.

 

The boat was owned by Mister G

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Chanukah Poem

The tale we learn at Chanukah

Is always so exciting

We’re told about the Maccabees —

Their courage in the fighting.

 

We’re shown how they resisted