This year
Hanukkah
arrives on December 16. On each of the following eight nights one
candle
will be lit on the Hanukkah menorah, one more every night than the previous one. As the Jewish saying goes, “On Hanukkah and Purim, the poor become rich.” and “One must always grow in holy things.”
Loved ones give presents to each other, especially to children, and the whole family comes together on all nights of Hanukkah for dinner, games, conversation and programs signaling the arrival of Hanukkah.
Program:
December 14, Sunday:
Hanukkah Gouba
- all-day pre-Hanukkah crafts fair
December 16, Tuesday: Hanukkah gastro festival • gastro day celebrating the arrival of Hanukkah with Szilvia Déri, gastroblogger at Házi Sáfrány, heaps of festive latkes, sweet treats and tahini bonbons made especially for this occasion.
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Macesz Huszár: goose leg with quince and potato puffs
Lady Lavender chocolate manufactory: bonbons flavored with tahini and coriander
Rachel Raj: iconic homemade flódni and reinvented Hanukkah doughnut
Mazel Tov: artisan merguez sausage
December 17, Wednesday: opening of
Rachel Raj
’s exhibition and book launch of Tibor Somlai, concert by the Gábor Subicz-Áron Komjáti duo
December 18, Thursday: festive candle lighting
December 19, Friday: pre-Hanukkah ball -
electro swing party
December 20, Saturday: Hanukkah ball, collective joy fest with lots of merriment and dance
December 21, Sunday: candle lighting and family Sunday in Akácfa Street
December 22, Monday: concert by the ad hoc klezmer jazz quarter of
László Fekete
, chief cantor of the Synagogue,
Béla Ágoston
,
Péter Ajtai
and
Dávid Szegő
, traditional candle lighting
December 23, Tuesday: concert by
Jazzrael
– Israeli Sephardi songs in a modern jazz style
December 24, Wednesday:
The Hanukkah Party
- a night for those who love music of
the more electronic type
, where friends and Budapest’s prominent public figures will play from 10 pm until early in the morning.
