| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | November 8, 2021 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Quantity | 800,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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Mark the Jewish festival of Hanukkah with this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic rate stamps.
The stamp features an illustration of a Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiyah, with multi-coloured candles aflame. The stamp was cancelled on November 8, several weeks in advance of Hanukkah, which this year takes place from nightfall November 28 to nightfall December 6.
The lighting of the hanukkiyah remains a main feature of the eight-day festival and symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness. It hearkens to the miracle that occurred after the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem, when a one-day oil supply kept the temple menorah burning for eight straight days.
For the Jewish community, Hanukkah is an illuminating celebration of hope, resilience and faith in brighter days to come.
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This Official First Day Cover marks Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights – one of the more widely embraced celebrations in the Jewish calendar. The cancel location is Toronto, Ontario.
The front of the OFDC features an enlargement of the Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiyah, featured on the stamp issue. The cancel is a line drawing of three flames, alluding to candles burning in a menorah.
The lighting of the hanukkiyah remains a main feature of the eight-day festival and symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness. It hearkens to the miracle that occurred after the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem, when a one-day oil supply kept the temple menorah burning for eight straight days.
Hanukkah takes place this year from nightfall November 28 to nightfall December 6. For the Jewish community, it is an illuminating celebration of hope, resilience and faith in brighter days to come.
A central element of the well-known Jewish festival is the practice of kindling a Hanukkah menorah, a special eight-branched candelabra called a hanukkiyah. The tradition commemorates the miracle that took place more than 2,000 years ago, after the victory of the Maccabees, when the menorah in the rededicated Temple in Jerusalem burned for eight straight days on a single day’s worth of oil.
Hanukkah celebrants use the flame from a shamash, a “helper” candle, to kindle an additional light on the hanukkiyah each evening, for eight days. The small oil or wax candles are lit after sunset, often by different members of the household, and allowed to burn down completely before being replaced the next day.
The hanukkiyah is usually placed in a window, so it can share its light with the world. Many families display several in their homes – some handed down from generation to generation or crafted by children at school. Like the radiant image created for this stamp by designers Joseph Gault and Avi Dunkelman, they symbolize Hanukkah’s timeless message of hope for the future.