We would like to take a moment to thank The Friends of the Pine Bush Library, our volunteers and everyone who stopped by our Cookie Walk last Saturday.

Your continued support and assistance made this one of our most successful cookie walks to date.

December Newsletter

The latest edition of our newsletter has been published!

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Hand Made Wreaths

The staff decided to make wreathes at our holiday party and now they are for sale at the Pine Bush Library Community Center. They are $10 each and we only have 4 left!

Pick one up when you come down to our cookie walk starting at 9:00am TODAY!

What is Hannukah?

In the second century, the Greeks ruled the Holy Land. The Syrian-Greeks tried to force the people of Israel to accept the Greek culture and beliefs instead of the belief in G-d . A rag tag group of poorly armed Jews drove the Greeks from Israel and reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it to the service of G-d. Only a single cruet of olive oil, which would last one day, was found when the Jews tried to light the Menorah in the Temple. The one day cruet of oil lasted for eight days. To commemorate this miracle of the oil lasting 8 days, the festival of Hanukkah was instituted.

Fried foods, like potato latkes (pancakes) and jelly doughnuts (Sufganiyot) are eaten throughout the holiday to celebrate the miracle of Hanukkah: oil that kept the menorah (an ancient lamp) lit for 8 days instead of 1 day.

Happy Hanukkah!!

The Pine Bush Library would like to thank Pine Bush Cub Scout Pack 41 for the wonderful job they did making holiday cards going to the recipients of the Senior Dining Program in Montgomery.