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Hanukkah
[ hah-nuh-kuh; khah鈥Ashkenazic Hebrew khah-nuh-kuh; Sephardic Hebrew khah-noo-kah ]
noun
- a Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrated from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the 2nd of Tevet in commemoration of the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees following their victory over the Syrians under Antiochus IV, characterized chiefly by the lighting of the menorah on each night of the festival.
Hanukkah
/ 藞h蓱藧n蓹k蓹; xanu藞ka; -n蕣藢k蓱藧 /
noun
- the eight-day Jewish festival of lights beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the rededication of the temple by Judas Maccabaeus in 165 bc Also calledFeast of DedicationFeast of Lights
Hanukkah
- A festival in Judaism that occurs each December. Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews (see also Jews ) in the second century b.c. over the Syrians, who had occupied their country, and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem ) ( hanukkah is Hebrew for 鈥渄edication鈥). Observers of Hanukkah light one candle in a candleholder called a menorah each night for eight nights in memory of a legend that, when the Temple was rededicated, its lamps burned, without enough oil, miraculously for a week.
Notes
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Origin of Hanukkah1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Hanukkah1
Example Sentences
Braun was expelled from the Polish parliament in 2023 for putting out candles during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah with a fire extinguisher.
Yes, it comes at a price 鈥 Nikki gets booted from a play, loses her boyfriend, celebrates Hanukkah in the hallway of her apartment building 鈥 but so be it.
Children who had been due to go back to classes on Monday after the Christmas and Hanukkah break were instead enjoying a snow day as school districts closed from Maryland to Kansas.
She plans a bunch of Hanukkah events, such as speed dating, that somehow come together via Instagram in hours.
Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars.
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