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hanukkah::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | channukah, channukkah, chanukah, chanukkah, feast of dedication, feast of lights, feast of the dedication, festival of lights, hannukah, hanukah |
| Type of | jewish holy day |
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Hanukkah begins at sundown Tuesday, a good three weeks before Christmas this year.
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Hanukkah songs were performed by children from the Schechter Day School choir.
From the bostonherald.com
Hanukkah, Judaism's eight-day festival of light, began at sundown last Sunday.
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Hanukkah, which begins at sundown Sunday, is the season for these soothing tastes.
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Hanukkah starts on the 25th day of Kislev, the ninth month of the Jewish year.
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Hanukkah is writ large for an Orthodox Hasidic movement known as the Chabad.
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Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday, is celebrated by lighting a menorah each night.
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Hanukkah school vacations in the area, due to end Monday, were extended indefinitely.
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Hanukkah lights should burn for at least one half hour after it gets dark.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
- Hanukkah or Chanukkah ben Obadiah was a Khazar ruler who probably reigned during the mid to late ninth century CE. Hanukkah was the son of Obadiah and succeeded his nephew Menasseh I to the throne. ...
- Hanukkah means "dedication," but the festival istself is known as the Festival of Lights. It was established by the Maccabees about 166 BCE after they drove the Greek Seleucids from Jerusalem. Today the holiday is celebrated in December. ...
- (Hebrew, "Dedication"). Also spelled Chanukah. An eight-day holiday beginning on 25 Kislev (mid-December) that commemorates the revolt of the Maccabees in 164 BCE and the miraculous oil that burned for eight days. See Jewish Holidays: Hanukkah.
- 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 feast of dedication celebrating the Maccabean victory in 167 B.C.
- Jewish Holidays: Hannah Kuhh ^JG
