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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Christmas & Chanukah!

Here is the holiday schedule for BEST:
CLOSED FROM DEC. 22ND UNTIL JANUARY 8TH
CLASSES RESUME JANUARY 9TH, 2012

If you need information, please call:  416-201-1653

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE!  SEE YOU IN 2012!
(Don't forget to make a New Year's resolution and be prepared to discuss it with your teacher.)

What is Christmas? Try typing Christmas into the Google search bar.
Christmas or Christmas Day (Old EnglishCrīstesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ,[5][6] celebrated generally on December 25[2][3][4] as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of peoplearound the world.
(from Wikipedia)






What is Chanukah?
Hanukkah (Hebrewחֲנֻכָּה‎, Tiberian: Ḥănukkāh, usually spelled חנוכהpronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah,Chanukkah, or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-dayJewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.
(from Wikipedia)

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