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hanukkah
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hanukka \Ha"nuk*ka\, or Hanukkah \Ha"nuk*kah\, n. [Heb.
khanukk[=a]h.]
The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas
Maccab[ae]us, his brothers, and the whole congregation of
Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the
new altar set up at the purification of the temple of
Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by
Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria (
--1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59).
The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for
eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev,
corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere,
chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews. [Also spelled
Chanuka.]
Syn: Chanukah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see Chanukah.
Wikipedia
Hanukkah ( ; , Tiberian: , usually spelled , pronounced in Modern Hebrew, or in Yiddish; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Ḥanukah) is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. It is also known as the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedication.
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched menorah (also called a Chanukiah/Hanukiah), one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typical menorah consists of eight branches with an additional visually distinct branch. The extra light, with which the others are lit, is called a shamash (, "attendant") and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest.
Other Hanukkah festivities include playing dreidel and eating oil-based foods such as doughnuts and latkes.
Since the 1970s, the worldwide Chabad Hasidic movement has initiated public menorah lightings in open public places in many countries.
Hanukkah, also spelled Chanukah and other variant spellings, is a Jewish holiday.
Hanukkah, Chanukah, (and similar spellings) may also refer to:
Usage examples of "hanukkah".
Bernie met Iris for the first time on the eve of Hanukkah, when Laura invited him to the apartment for dinner.
Bernie lifted an eyebrow in astonishment when he saw the expensive Hanukkah Christmas gifts exquisite clothes for the children, fine cashmere sweaters for Laura and himself, a collection of Waterford crystal that had arrived from Iris.
Laura waited until she was convinced Jonnie and Katie were asleep before she turned on Voice of Firestone and began to wrap the Hanukkah presents, to be doled out according to American-Jewish tradition nightly during the eight days of the holiday.
Laura had hoped that Iris would stop off in Magnolia enroute to Palm Beach for the season, but Hanukkah and Christmas arrived and passed without any indication of her arrival.
Our family tradition combined elements from both of their backgrounds, and although I had lighted the candles on a Hanukkah menorah earlier in the month, I always looked forward to decorating a tree and rediscovering the boxes of antique ornaments that my mother had collected throughout her life.
And then there was Hanukkah, Christmas, and Blessing of the Knives coming up.
Christmas or Hanukkah have become to most Americans - a chance to party and give presents.
Another, from Jake Weiss, reminded her that she was expected for dinner after work on Christmas Day, which was also the first day of Hanukkah, and that his wife made the best latkes in town, and that all Lucy needed to bring was her appetite.
The service takes place just after Hanukkah, and the rabbi reminds us of lighting candles.
Nearly a year, she thought, and thought that only because she had heard some of the older women whispering that it was Hanukkah again next week.
At Hanukkah, we lit the menorah, and my father and she gave gelt-not the foil-wrapped chocolate coins but real money.
They were good for the major holidays--the big four, as I call them: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, and Passover.
It was winter now, the twenty-ninth day of Kislev, and five days into the eight days of Hanukkah.
Marley tried not to laugh as she passed under Chinese wedding symbols hanging from Christmas lights looped around garlands of Hanukkah dreidels and Kwanzaa corn.