The First Hanukkah Candle Story Pack
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1. Parallel text — read with the audio
Play the story audio on the story page. Read the Hebrew column out loud with the narrator. Glance at English only when stuck.
| ¶ | Hebrew | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | זֶה הָעֶרֶב הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל חֲנֻכָּה. | ZE ha-E-rev ha-ri-SHON shel kha-nu-KA. | This is the first evening of Hanukkah. |
| 2 | בַּחַלּוֹן יֵשׁ חֲנֻכִּיָּה גְּדוֹלָה. | ba-kha-LON yesh kha-nu-ki-YA ge-do-LA. | In the window there is a big menorah. |
| 3 | סָבָּא מַדְלִיק אֶת הַשַּׁמָּשׁ וְאֶת הַנֵּר הָרִאשׁוֹן. | SA-ba mad-LIK et ha-sha-MASH ve-et ha-NER ha-ri-SHON. | Grandpa lights the shamash and the first candle. |
| 4 | כֻּלָּם שָׁרִים: "מָעוֹז צוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי". | ku-LAM sha-RIM: "ma-OZ TSUR ye-shu-a-TI". | Everyone sings: "Maoz Tsur Yeshuati". |
| 5 | עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן יֵשׁ לְבִיבוֹת חַמּוֹת עִם רִבָּה. | al ha-shul-KHAN yesh le-vi-VOT kha-MOT im ri-BA. | On the table there are warm latkes with jam. |
| 6 | הַיְלָדִים מְשַׂחֲקִים בִּסְבִיבוֹן צִבְעוֹנִי. | ha-ye-la-DIM me-sa-kha-KIM bi-svi-VON tsiv-o-NI. | The children play with a colorful dreidel. |
| 7 | סַבְתָא נוֹתֶנֶת לִי מַטְבְּעוֹת שֶׁל שׁוֹקוֹלָד. | SAV-ta no-TE-net LI mat-be-OT shel sho-ko-LAD. | Grandma gives me chocolate coins. |
| 8 | זֶה עֶרֶב מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי וְחָגִיגִי. | ZE E-rev mish-pakh-TI ve-kha-gi-GI. | This is a family and festive evening. |
2. True or False?
Read each statement and circle T if true, F if false. If false, write the correction in the blank.
1.It is the first evening of Hanukkah.TF
2.The menorah is on the floor.TF
3.Grandpa lights the shamash and the first candle.TF
4.Everyone sings 'Maoz Tsur Yeshuati'.TF
5.On the table there are cold latkes with butter.TF
6.The children play with a colorful dreidel.TF
7.Grandma gives chocolate coins.TF
8.It is a quiet evening alone.TF
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