Wait! Before you pack it all away for next year, It’s helpful to keep one Chanukah bin with all the items you need from year to year. It’s such a pleasure when you take it out a couple days before next Chanukah, and everything you need is already there! But before you pack it all…
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How to Keep the Lights of Chanukah Burning
Yes, we can keep the inspiration that lifts us up over Chanukah along with us in the months ahead. As you read this, I hope you are enjoying a beautiful and meaningful Chanukah, full of light and love and laughter, strengthened in your emunah, in your family bonds, and in your appreciation for the miracles…
We’re Excited to Share this Free Chanukah Coloring Book!
In collaboration with Berlinger Art Academy, we’re bringing you this FREE Chanukah coloring book you can download and print for your kids right now! This fabulous collection of coloring sheets includes Chanukah scenes by Berlingerart Academy students. Print them out, color and look through again …. and yet again! Keep the kids busy, use it…
Avoid Black Marks When You Light Your Menorah or Shabbos Candles
Whether you light with olive oil or candles, you can avoid the soot buildup with these two tips. One of the most common questions we get in our inboxes is whether we have a solution to the black marks people see on the wall or ceiling where they light their Shabbos candles. And at Chanukah…
Are You a Mother Who Is Endlessly Giving?
Even if you don’t always feel so noticed, this is our essence. And there is Someone keeping track. It’s time that you know it! The proof? is in the olive oil. Last week, one of my sons was sick in bed for a few days with a wintertime ailment. On the morning that his appetite…
Square Donuts or Beignets
There’s no cutting out circles. Cut these easily and have amazing square donuts ready all the quicker. Make them dairy or make them pareve. At our Chanukah content meeting, Renee asked, “What doughnut recipe will we be sharing on BetweenCarpools.com this year?” And I responded, “Renee. We have sooo many donut recipes on BetweenCarpools. (Not…
Amazon Prime Chanukah Activities – All Under $20
These no-prep, no mess Chanukah-themed activities are great for either a party or for your children to enjoy at home. Yes, there’s lots of great Chanukah game ideas here on Between Carpools. There’s our popular Scratch Off Games, this super popular dreidel game, and so much more. But, sometimes, you don’t want to plan, brainstorm,…
Chanukah Watercolor Painting Craft
FREE DOWNLOAD: This craft is strangely satisfying. Join your kids for some simple Chanukah fun. We love bringing Yom Tov and other Jewish themed crafts to our readers. You can never have too many! A reader recently brought to our attention this glue and salt painting craft that’s become popular lately. We decided a Chanukah…
Onion Ring Latkes
Framing your latkes with onions rings is the absolute best way to upgrade your latkes. Last year, we saw Mandy Silverman of @mandyliciouschallah create this cool onion ring-latkes mashup. We loved the twist. It was fun and totally in the spirit. After all, while you’re frying latkes, framing them with an onion ring completely made…
How to Keep All the Chanukah “Things” Organized
From candles to wicks, oil to oil glasses. It doesn’t need to be all over the place. You know that mess that we are describing because it happens in every home, every year. The candles get poured out of the box because someone wants to see the colors (and it’s hard to pull them out…
