{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.hanukkah","code":"thing-q130881","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q130881/","name":"Hanukkah","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.ACT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"An eight-day Jewish festival beginning on 25 Kislev that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, observed by kindling an additional light each evening on a nine-branched lamp, with associated prayers, foods and customs.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise a Hanukkah observance, assess its progress and readiness, and support appropriate actions within the participants' stated Jewish traditions and practical constraints.","scope":{"in":["Identification of the festival and the particular year, locality and observance being considered","The eight-day festival sequence beginning on 25 Kislev and its local evening boundaries","Hanukkah light-kindling arrangements and their relationship to the applicable tradition","Hanukkah-specific prayers, thanksgiving, learning and household or communal customs","Readiness, reported completion, exceptions and unresolved decisions for a particular observance"],"out":["General Jewish identity, membership and religious authority","The complete Jewish calendar and general rules of Shabbat observance","Independent historical models of the Maccabean revolt, Hasmonean rule or the Jerusalem Temple","Manufacture, inventory and maintenance of lamps, candles and other physical equipment","General event administration, catering, finance and venue management"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The observance is identified with eight days beginning on 25 Kislev; a gathering scheduled nearby must declare its relationship to those dates.","Its commemorative focus includes the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple and the tradition of the oil miracle, distinguishing it from Purim's Esther narrative.","Its characteristic ritual concerns Hanukkah lights across successive evenings; decorative lights alone do not establish a Hanukkah observance.","A Hanukkah lamp commonly provides eight festival-light positions and a separate attendant light, distinguishing its ritual role from that of the seven-branched Temple menorah.","Seasonal proximity to Christmas, gift exchange or a winter-party label does not by itself identify an activity as Hanukkah."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"festival-identity-and-meaning","name":"Festival identity and meaning","description":"Establishes what is being recognised as Hanukkah and which commemorative meanings the observance expresses.","layers":[{"id":"registered-observance","name":"Registered observance","description":"Connects the registered concept to a particular celebration, ritual or educational activity.","findings":[{"id":"hanukkah-identification","name":"Hanukkah identification","description":"Records why the activity is identified as Hanukkah and whether it is an in-festival observance or an associated activity.","questions":[{"text":"What identifies this activity as an observance of Hanukkah?","id":"hanukkah-identification-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is this a festival occurrence, a particular night's observance or an associated gathering outside the festival dates?","id":"hanukkah-identification-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"commemorative-basis","name":"Commemorative basis","description":"Separates commemorative narratives and their sources from unsupported historical assertions.","findings":[{"id":"rededication-and-miracle","name":"Rededication and miracle","description":"Records how Temple rededication, the oil miracle and other stated themes inform this observance.","questions":[{"text":"Which commemorative themes do participants intend the observance to 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time?","id":"local-festival-position-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which calendar source establishes the start and end of this occurrence?","id":"local-festival-position-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"lighting-time-constraints","name":"Lighting time constraints","description":"Records the applicable lighting window and evenings requiring a different sequence.","findings":[{"id":"shabbat-and-local-timing","name":"Shabbat and local timing","description":"Makes timing guidance explicit for ordinary evenings, Friday evenings and Saturday evenings.","questions":[{"text":"What lighting time and required burning duration does the selected guidance specify for this evening?","id":"shabbat-and-local-timing-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How does the occurrence of Shabbat affect the planned timing and sequence?","id":"shabbat-and-local-timing-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which late-lighting or missed-lighting decisions require further guidance?","id":"shabbat-and-local-timing-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"hanukkah-lights","name":"Hanukkah lights","description":"Describes the intended lighting arrangement and the evidence available about its execution.","layers":[{"id":"lighting-arrangement","name":"Lighting arrangement","description":"Captures festival lights, attendant light, medium and the practice governing their preparation.","findings":[{"id":"night-specific-light-preparation","name":"Night-specific light preparation","description":"Records the arrangement for a specified night without counting an attendant light as a festival light.","questions":[{"text":"How many festival lights are intended for this night under the selected practice, and is an attendant light provided separately?","id":"night-specific-light-preparation-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which medium, arrangement and kindling sequence will be used, and what guidance supports them?","id":"night-specific-light-preparation-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"lighting-execution","name":"Lighting execution","description":"Separates what was planned, what was observed and what remains undecided.","findings":[{"id":"kindling-and-continuity","name":"Kindling and continuity","description":"Records who kindled the lights, when they were kindled and any interruption relevant to follow-up.","questions":[{"text":"Who reports kindling the lights, at what local time and for which festival night?","id":"kindling-and-continuity-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Were any lights extinguished unexpectedly, and what duration is actually known?","id":"kindling-and-continuity-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Does the reported situation call for further action or consultation under the selected guidance?","id":"kindling-and-continuity-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"liturgy-and-customs","name":"Liturgy and customs","description":"Records Hanukkah-specific words and activities with their practice status and community context.","layers":[{"id":"blessings-and-thanksgiving","name":"Blessings and thanksgiving","description":"Identifies relevant lighting blessings and Hanukkah additions to prayer or thanksgiving.","findings":[{"id":"applicable-liturgical-practice","name":"Applicable liturgical practice","description":"Records the chosen liturgical text and the conditions governing its use.","questions":[{"text":"Which lighting blessings and Hanukkah prayer additions apply to this participant and setting?","id":"applicable-liturgical-practice-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which source supplies the wording and any first-night or first-lighting distinctions?","id":"applicable-liturgical-practice-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which uncertainties about recitation need participant or religious-authority input before prompting?","id":"applicable-liturgical-practice-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"household-and-community-customs","name":"Household and community customs","description":"Captures chosen foods, games, songs, gifts, charity and learning activities as situated practices.","findings":[{"id":"custom-selection-and-status","name":"Custom selection and status","description":"Records which associated customs matter to participants and how they understand their status.","questions":[{"text":"Which Hanukkah customs, such as oil-associated foods, dreidel or gelt, are part of this observance?","id":"custom-selection-and-status-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which activities are established participant customs and which are optional additions?","id":"custom-selection-and-status-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What family, community or textual source explains the significance assigned to each selected custom?","id":"custom-selection-and-status-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"participation-and-publicity","name":"Participation and publicity","description":"Connects household or communal participation with light placement, public visibility and practical constraints.","layers":[{"id":"participation-context","name":"Participation context","description":"Identifies the people and setting to which a lighting plan applies.","findings":[{"id":"household-and-public-lighting","name":"Household and public lighting","description":"Distinguishes personal or household arrangements from attendance at synagogue, communal or public lightings.","questions":[{"text":"Is this lighting personal, household, synagogue, communal or a public display?","id":"household-and-public-lighting-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"For whom is the lighting intended to count under the selected practice, and who may need a separate arrangement?","id":"household-and-public-lighting-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What arrangements are needed for participants who are travelling, absent or dependent on assistance?","id":"household-and-public-lighting-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"placement-and-feasibility","name":"Placement and feasibility","description":"Assesses how the intended placement expresses the observance within actual site conditions.","findings":[{"id":"visible-and-feasible-lighting","name":"Visible and feasible lighting","description":"Records intended visibility, flame restrictions, accessibility and security concerns that affect the lighting plan.","questions":[{"text":"Where will the lights be placed, and to whom are they intended to be visible?","id":"visible-and-feasible-lighting-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which site, accessibility or security constraints affect that placement or the use of flames?","id":"visible-and-feasible-lighting-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"If the intended arrangement is infeasible, which alternative requires participant approval or religious guidance?","id":"visible-and-feasible-lighting-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Hanukkah this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain Hanukkah, its history and customs from Jewish sources.","Give dates of the festival for a given year from the Hebrew calendar."],"mustNot":["Produce antisemitic content or mock the festival and those who keep it.","Use the festival to target Jewish people, homes or gatherings.","Misstate religious law or customs as authoritative rulings.","Advise leaving lit candles or lamps unattended."],"requiresHuman":["Questions of religious practice that call for a rabbi's guidance."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Public celebration can expose Jewish communities to hostility; respect and safety matter.","The festival's meaning should not be flattened into a holiday-season stereotype."],"affectedParties":["Jewish communities and families","Children"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns it; it belongs to the Jewish people and their traditions.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q18574943","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q94920","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.hanukkah","Wikidata: Q130881 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130881)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Occurrence identity: Hebrew year, locality and associated household or community","Festival position: Before festival; night or day 1-8; after festival","Local observance timing: Local date, time zone, calendar source and tradition-specific timing guidance","Applicable practice: Participant-declared tradition, household custom and consulted authority","Festival lights prepared: Count of festival lights, recorded separately from any attendant light","Lighting state: Unplanned; planned; ready; reported kindled; interrupted; missed; uncertain","Lighting medium: Oil; candles; electric; mixed; unspecified","Light placement: Intended location, audience visibility and site constraints","Shabbat interaction: Friday evening; Saturday evening; neither","Practice status: Religious requirement according to named authority; established custom; optional activity; unresolved"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["A nine-branched lamp lit in a window or doorway, with one more light each evening.","Spinning tops with Hebrew letters and foods fried in oil."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identify 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lights, public displays and arrangements made under flame restrictions without implying universal ritual acceptance?","What evidence is sufficient to record religious fulfilment, and when should the agent retain only a participant's report or an unresolved status?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q130881/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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