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REJOICE 1-
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Wishing you a
Joyful Holiday
Season
and
Peace
throughout the
New Year.
from:
Anne & Wayne,
Doris, Freida
Anne, Daril, Joan
Sherry, Dave
Grayhurst
Business Supplies Ltd.
38 East St., Goderich
524-2648
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We join toget$r
to wish you and yours
a happy and healthy
Christmas and a prosperous
New Year, filled with
love and laughter.
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It has been our pleasure serving you this past year
and we look forward to another wonderful year!
Chris 5iderris Phil Petrie
Louise haechler Carolyn Cox Linda Bell
Matthew Bell
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IsAtES & SERVICE
Gef f f and a w ale iot rnor ..._.for a loo ks.s!
4 THE SQUARE, GODERICH pti: 524-2822
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One o the most impressive scenes m the Goderich Little Theatre s
presentation of The Diary of Anne Frank last year was the
Chanukah scene. In this scene the Chanukah blessings are read
before the lighting of the candles in the menorah. members of the
cast are rom tie e , e ` earn, Maureen Penn, T ayne .yon,
Diane Siemon, Floyd Herman, Samantha McDonagh, Craig Cass
and Colleen Maguire. ( photo by Alan Gerofsky )
Chanukah, the Festival of Lights
BY SHARON DIETZ
At Christmas, Christians all around
the world gather with family and
friends to celebrate the birth of the
Christ child, born in Bethlehem. But
December is also a special time for the
Jews of the world who celebrate the
rededication of the great Temple in
Jerusalem at Chanukah, the Jewish
Festival of Lights that begins Dec. 7.
On that first Chanukah in the second
century BCE, when Judah the Mac-
cabee took back the Holy Temple of
Jerusalem from the forces of Syria's
King Antioehus IV, the Jews had much
to celebrate.
They had won a hard-earned victory
over numerically superior forces of the
tyrant who had tried to decree what his
subjects should worship. They
celebrated their freedom from the
forces who in implementing that
decree, had defiled their sacred place of
worship, and they were experiencing
the joy which comes from the visible
reassurances of their ability to rebuild
and reconsecrate their ancestral place
of worship.
On the twenty-fifth day of the month
of Kislev, the Jews upon entering the
Temple after their victory, found only a
small bottle of the pure oil sealed with
the seal of the High Priest. This oil was
sufficient to last one day, but when they
lit the menorah (candleabra), the oil
lasted for eight days until they had time
to pound olives and extract from them
the pure oil they needed.
For this reason, the sages of that
generation decreed that these eight
days which begin on the twenty-fifth
day of Kislev, be set aside as days of
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MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
Joyous tidings,
one and all.
PHOTOGRAPHY
THE PICTURE PEOPLE
35 WEST St:, GODERICH 524-2211
MERRY
CHRISTMAS IS
cookies and candies
_ and homemade goodies
galore. Plus all the
toys and games you've
wished for. And best
wishes from our store!
L.
IT'S A GOOD TIME
FOR THE GREAT TASTE
From all of us at McDonald's
to all of you...
Have a Very Merry Christmas
Land a Happy & Prosperous New Year!
Asenom
354 BAYFIELO ROAD, GODERICH
rejoicing and praise.
Every night during these eight days,
lights are lit towards evening in a con-
spicuous place to bear witness to the
miracle. These days are called
Chanukah (dedication) to com-
memorate the joyful dedication of the
Temple won back from the enemies
who had defiled it.
On Chanukah, Jews re -tell amid
feasting the miracles that were wrought
for their fathers. The feasting is accom-
panied by songs and praises and charity
is liberally dispensed during these days.
The Chanukah lights themselves may
not be utilized for anything and
therefore, an extra candle, the
shamesh, is used for lighting the
menorah.
During the time the lights must burn,
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Sleighbells
Ring!
Hearty
greetings
and thanks are
coming your way!
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SEASON'S
GREETINGS
from
CARMAN CAMERAS
We would like
to take this
opportunity to say
THANK
You
to all our patrons
and wish you
all a very
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
KING'S
BOOK & GIFT SHOP
.lust off Hoe Square on
East Street, beside The Post Office