Chanukah Gift Ideas
Instant Pot
Th e Instant Pot is nearly ubiquitous at this point, but there’s
a reason for that: It’s awesome. A combined pressure cooker,
slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, sauté, yogurt maker and
warmer. Easy to use, easy to clean and extremely durable. Find
an Instant Pot on amazon.com for $67.99.

Small Blue Kiddush Cup
Th e National Museum of American Jewish History Museum Store has
a wealth of good options, even beyond Judaica. But we’re partial to
this small silver-plated zinc Kiddush cup, hand-painted with rich blue
enamel. Pick it up at judaicashop.net for $70. ●
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Le t’s Get
Ser iou s abou t
Ch anukah
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et’s be real: Chanukah is far from the most theologically
signifi cant Jewish holiday on the calendar.

Reasonable minds can diff er over whether it counts,
strictly speaking, as a holiday at all. Does Chanukah carry the
religious or liturgical heft to merit serious observation (or such
cultural signifi cance)? Or is it simply a collection of biblically
inconsequential festival evenings strung together haphazardly
like dorm-room Christmas lights. Frivolity, fried foods and
Adam Sandler. Bloated electric bills and just plain bloating.

Was Chanukah always supposed to be like this? Was it ever
supposed to be more solemn and sobering in tone, or at least
more original — more Jewish and less Jewifi ed Christmas?
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