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chanukah::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | channukah, channukkah, chanukkah, feast of dedication, feast of lights, feast of the dedication, festival of lights, hannukah, hanukah, hanukkah |
| Type of | jewish holy day |
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- Hanukkah: (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
- "A Rugrats Chanukah", titled onscreen as "Chanukah" and sometimes called the "Rugrats Chanukah Special", is a special episode of Nickelodeon's animated television series Rugrats. ...
- The Jewish festival of lights which recalls a miracle at the time of the rededication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem circa 164 BCE. A small quantity of oil burned for many days. With the heavy commercialization of Christmas, this minor Jewish holiday has taken on greater importantce.
- Winter holiday for defeating the Syrian Hellenists
- "dedication" The minor winter festival celebrating the victory of the Maccabees over the forces of Antiochus in the 2nd cent. BCE as recounted in the apocryphal books, I and II Macc. ...
- Pronounced "hah-na-kah", this eight day long holiday occurs during December. This holiday commemorates a great victory in Jewish history allowing the Jewish people to freely perform their religious functions.
- The Festival of Lights, a Jewish festival that falls in December.
- Jewish Holiday that celebrates the Jewish military and spiritual victory over the Greeks. The eight days of the holiday commemorate the miracle of a pure flask of daily olive oil for the menorah that was found that kindled for eight days. Starts the 25th of Kislev.
- (alt. Hanukkah) The Feast of Dedication celebrating the Maccabean victory in 167 B.C.E. (see dates).
