{"id":7778,"date":"2021-11-28T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=7778"},"modified":"2022-01-11T21:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T02:49:54","slug":"hannukah-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=7778","title":{"rendered":"Hannukah 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hannukah came very early this year starting the Sunday after Thanksgiving.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sticking with tradition, we celebrated the first night at my parents with brisket and latkes.&nbsp;&nbsp;We said the blessing and lit the menorah each night, followed by presents daily, usually clothes and other practical gifts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a 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https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_8612-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_8611-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_8611-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7792\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_8611-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?attachment_id=7792\" class=\"wp-image-7792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_8611-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_8611-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We spent one Friday celebrating the sixth night 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(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year Harper was brave enough to light the menorah a couple of the nights!&nbsp;&nbsp;And in our new kitchen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D438E797-18DE-4D0F-83D6-34C571D74F35.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D438E797-18DE-4D0F-83D6-34C571D74F35-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D438E797-18DE-4D0F-83D6-34C571D74F35-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D438E797-18DE-4D0F-83D6-34C571D74F35-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D438E797-18DE-4D0F-83D6-34C571D74F35-1151x1536.jpeg 1151w, 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