Custom Patches for Hanukkah

Patch ideas

Popular for this one: Menorah / dreidel patches

Colors that fit: Blue/white

Production takes 10 business days plus shipping. Order by Fri, November 13 to have your patches in time.

Starting prices

• Embroideredfrom $0.60 a patch
• Printedfrom $0.79 a patch

Bulk pricing. See the price table.

How patches are used for Hanukkah

• Gift patches with menorah, dreidel or Star of David designs for jackets, backpacks and kippah bags.
• Hebrew school and Jewish day school patches handed out at the Hanukkah party or candle lighting.
• Community center and synagogue fundraiser patches sold during the eight nights.
• Camp and youth group patches ordered for winter break programs.

The history of Hanukkah

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, lasts eight nights and begins on the 25th of the Hebrew month of Kislev. In 2026 it begins at sundown on Friday, December 4. The name means "dedication" in Hebrew.

The festival recalls the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem around 164 BCE. The Seleucid king Antiochus IV had banned Jewish practice and desecrated the Temple, and a revolt led by the Maccabees, the family of the priest Mattathias and his son Judah, retook Jerusalem. The books of Maccabees describe an eight-day celebration when the Temple was restored. The Talmud adds the tradition that one day’s supply of pure oil kept the Temple lamp burning for eight days.

Families light a hanukkiah, a nine-branched menorah, adding one candle each night with a helper candle called the shamash, and often place it where it can be seen from the street. Fried foods such as latkes and sufganiyot recall the oil, and children play dreidel, a spinning top marked with four Hebrew letters. Synagogues, schools and Jewish community centers hold public candle lightings and parties throughout the eight nights.

Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Hanukkah · Time and Date: Hanukkah 2026