Chanukkah Resources

Text based resources

• Sefaria has a growing collection of Chanukkah resources, including textual sources, stories and songs for elementary grades, fun lessons with research games for middle school (here and here), and Chassidic insights.
• Chanukkah resources from the Lookstein Center includes texts, lesson plans, videos and activities. 
• Hanukkah resources from Hadar
• Rav Yoel Bin Nun’s shiur on Chanukkah, with source sheet.
• Source sheet on the real miracle of Chanukkah.
• Text based lessons from NCSY

Videos and Songs

• Animate Chanukah created 8 educational videos for Chanukah. Each video presents an idea connected to Chanukah and ends with an open question which can be discussed together.
• Chanukah Shaboom from Bimbam
• Two beautiful and very different renditions of the Breslov melody to Ma'oz Tzur, by Evyatar Banai and sisters Nehora and Hadas Yisraeli.
• Connect Chanukkah to the Six Day war using one of these clips, and wonder how we signify open miracles today.
• It’s not Chanukkah without the Maccabeats. Here’s one of their lesser-known Chanukkah songs, “Candles on the Sill.”
• Chanukkah songs from communities around the world can be found on the website of Israel’s national library (formerly piyyut.org).

Articles and Other Resources

• View the extensive collections of menorahs / chanukkiyot at New York's Jewish Museum and Jerusalem's Israel Museum
• Explore what Chanukah can teach us about social justice in the modern world with these interactive text studies from AJWS
• Thinking about reshut harabbim and hayachid, what is private and what is public. Consider having a faculty discussion about the public nature of their lives using this article as a springboard.
• Gyration Nation: The Weird Ancient History of the Dreidel
• Jgateways offers resources for providing students with extra support to enjoy the holiday.
• Selected Hannukah materials from The iCenter
• Among resources collected by the Lookstein Center are Chanukkah classroom plays (scroll to bottom).
• An Annotated Guide to Online Chanukkah Resources by Language and Target Population from the Jewish Agency for Israel
• The National Library of Israel offers printable activity pages on Chanukkah.