Twitter creates special emoji for Hanukkah hashtags

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 06 December 2020
• Date: 06 December 2020
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The emoji, which has already been rolled out, depicts a golden Hanukkah menorah, called a hanukkiah, displayed lit on a windowsill.

This reflects Jewish tradition regarding the holiday, which has long held that the hanukkiah should be displayed openly, such as in the window, in order to publicly celebrate the mitzvah.

The hashtags it will accompany include several in English such as #HappyHanukkah and #Hanukkah, but also some in other languages such as Russian and Spanish, as well as several in Hebrew.

"In the past it was enough to put the lit menorah on the windowsill. But nowadays, there's nothing like a good Tweet (and a meaningful emoji) to share the light of Hanukkah," Twitter said in a statement.

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