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It has occurred to us that the image, atmosphere, life of a city quarter to a great extend depends on how those running its community spaces relate to the specific features and traditions of that area. These clubs, bars, restaurants, synagogues, museums, exhibition spaces, cultural and community spaces all add to the atmosphere of the district and form its history, as well. This is why the „Quarter6 Quarter7 Festival” is held during the 8 days of Chanukah. Not only as a reference to the Jewish past of the city quarter, but also for the important meanings of it, for everyone. Chanukah is the festival of miracles and the lights. As a uniquely wide civic venture in the history of the quarter, more than 30 community spaces of the quarter now join together as different sources of light, to organize a common cultural festival from their own resources. This is where we invite all of the inhabitants and visitors of the quarter, independently from religious and cultural backgrounds, in order to form our history together!


Chanukah
Chanukah – an 8 days holiday close to Christmas when we remember the success of the Maccabee-uprising and revolution and at the same time to the new consecration on the Jerusalem temple. Main motifs of the feast are:

Miracle
Babylonian Talmud: Our rabbis have taught: from 25th day of month Kislev it was forbidden to mourn and to fast, because the Greeks have desecrated all oil after having entered the Temple. However, when the Hashmoneans (Maccabees) have defeated them, they have found only one bottle of oil sealed with the stamp of the chief priest that contained oil only for one day. A miracle happened and the oil (sufficient only for one day) have been burning for eight days. In the next year, they celebrated a holiday with Hallel (psalms praising God) (bSab 21 b)


Light – shadow – darkness
Referring to the motif of the miracle light is one of the most central and spectacular elements of the holiday symbolized by the candles lit day by day, in an increasing number on the hanukkiah (8-branched candelabra). Today beyond the traditional handwork of preparing the candelabra, in the age of various art forms, means of expressions and their interference the ritual of this holiday centered around the light offers a great spectrum of articulating the relation between darkness and light, to create its various interpretations by shadow-plays and expression of shades.