I wasn’t sure if I would ever write a script for Hanukkah, seeing as it’s not actually one of the Appointed Times of the year on Yah’s calendar, but I’ve found it to be so meaningful in our family’s journey, and there was a lot about it that I wanted to share with my children and my faith community. Then when I learned about its connection with the Feast of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), I just felt like I had to make one! Even then, I found myself surprised by the direction this script ended up taking. It’s definitely not the traditional focus of Hanukkah! But I’m really excited about what the Holy Spirit has been revealing to me about the Father’s heart through this celebration of Hanukkah, and I hope it will be a blessing to you and your family as well.

Hanukkah table

This script follows the same format I used in the scripts for the Biblical feasts, including a Host, a Hostess, and Readers 1-16. As always, feel free to divvy those out however it works best for you, and feel free to make the script your own and change the wording or anything else you want. This is to serve you, not something for you to serve!

One thing I should note: I did include a couple of transliterated Hebrew phrases and words where I thought they were helpful and appropriate. I have put all of these either for the Hostess or Reader 3 to read because my daughter who has studied Hebrew with me is always Reader 3. The most challenging ones to say are all read by the Hostess. If you need to adjust this or delete them entirely, feel free to do so.

I also wanted to credit three different blog posts as being particularly helpful in the forming of many of these ideas I’ve shared here in this script:

https://www.jewishpresstampa.com/articles/the-eight-days-of-hanukkah-the-miracle-of-oil-or-a-second-sukkot/

https://graceintorah.net/2016/04/21/hezekiahs-passover/

https://www.marcturnage.com/single-post/hanukkah-the-hasmoneans-the-magnificat-and-benedictus-a-hanukkah-and-christmas-meditation

Here are three versions of the script for you to download:

Editable Word File

Editable Pages File

Non-editable PDF File

As with all my other scripts, I make no promises that the Word and Pages files will hold the formatting, so to see how I intended it to look, check the PDF file. I print them double-sided with the short-edge binding setting and then fold them in half. As with the others, I’ve included a coloring sheet for the cover. This one is from the Practical Pages blog.

I hope this is all helpful for you! I’d love to hear how you and your family celebrate Hanukkah!