Hanukkah at the Dead Sea

December 26, 2011 - 3:30 PM by

The country is in full Hanukkah mode this week. Arriving late afternoon at a Dead Sea hotel for an overnight stay, we were kicking ourselves for forgetting to bring our Hanukkia with us in order to light candles.

But soon after checking in, and returning from a quick walk to the Dead, we returned to the hotel, and found tens of guests in the lobby with hotel staff lighting around 15 different hanukkiyot. We joined them – some observant, some not, some even non-Jewish tourists (and without any separation between men and women) – and then participated in singing a few Hanukkah songs. A hotel worker wheeled out a tray of fresh sufganiyot and passed them out to everyone.

Even though I appreciated the gesture, I’ve already eaten my share of fried dough and jelly for the next few years, so I passed, and headed to the hotel spa. Not a bad way to spend the sixth day of Hanukkah.

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