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The Festival of Lights

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Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.

A few of the words

SHAMASH
The shamash is the helper candle on the menorah, set apart from the eight Hanukkah lights, it is used to kindle each of them and may be the only one used for actual light.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DREIDEL
The four-sided spinning top carries Hebrew letters, Nun, Gimel, Hey, and Shin, that together stand for the phrase 'a great miracle happened there.'Find this word in the grid to read its note.
OLIVE
The miracle at the heart of Hanukkah centers on a single cruse of olive oil, found sealed and pure in the rededicated Temple in Jerusalem, that burned for eight days instead of one.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GELT
Gelt, the Yiddish word for money, has been given as a Hanukkah gift for centuries; the gold-foil chocolate coins that children love today echo that long tradition.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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The Festival of Lights: a free online word search

Hanukkah word search, free to print and play, eight nights and a spinning dreidel waiting inside.

About The Festival of Lights

Each winter, as the longest nights settle in, the menorah is set in the window and its flames push gently back against the dark. The story behind those lights, a small vessel of olive oil that burned for eight days when one day's worth was all that remained, has kindled wonder for more than two thousand years. Latkes sizzle, songs fill the room, and the shamash, the helper candle, stands a little taller than the rest, ready to light them all.

How to play

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    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft color on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose a difficulty.The level you pick sets those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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The Menorah

The branching lamp, the rising flame, eight nights of light.

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The little jar of oil that burned for eight nights.

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Light the helper flame, candle, wax, and dusk.

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