What we love the most is the illustrations and how each goblin is more fearful and powerful than the rest. That is until Hershel appears and agrees to spend the entire eight nights and days of Chanukah in the old shul atop the hill in order to defeat the goblins and bring about a miracle. Even the rabbi is fearful of countering these goblins and the villagers are resigned each year to life without a Chanukah celebration.
Supernatural occurances especially haunts by goblins are the norm, and in this situation, the goblins have stolen Chanukah from the village. Kimmel tells a tale of Jewish village of Ostropol in Eastern Europe similar to Isaac Bashevis Singer's tales of the village of Chelm. We start reading this on the first day of the Jewish month of Kislev- 3 1/2 weeks before Chanukah starts- and read it over and over again until we know the story by heart. It holds a special place in our home, to the point where I actually purchased it last year as opposed to borrowing it from the library. Hershel and the Chanukah Goblins by Eric Kimmel is my family's favorite Chanukah book. There is no official read date here because every year we must read it at least five times. Reposting for my Chanukah countdown! This is our all time favorite Chanukah book.
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