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Hanukkah

Hanukkah (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: /ˈhænəkə, ˈhɑːnəkə/; Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, romanized: Ḥănukkā, lit. 'dedication', listenⓘ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Maccabean…

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2025 date
Sunset, 14 December – nightfall, 22 December
2026 date
Sunset, 4 December – nightfall, 12 December
2027 date
Sunset, 24 December – nightfall, 1 January
2028 date
Sunset, 12 December – nightfall, 20 December
Begins
25 Kislev
Celebrations
Lighting candles each night. Singing special songs, such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel during Shaḥarit. Eating food fried in oil, such as latkes and sufganiyot, and dairy f…

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Hanukkah

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Hanukkah

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related to Books of Maccabees · 31
Hanukkah → Aramaic, BCE, Booths, Common Era, Feast, First, Greek-language, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, However, Jerusalem, Jewish Bible, Jews, Judah Maccabee, Kislev, Maccabees, Masoretes, Masoretic Text, Nehemiah, Old Testament
related to Traditional view · 31
Hanukkah → According, Antiochus, Antiochus's, BCE, By, Eleazar, Greek, Hammer, He, In, It, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, Jochanan, Jonathan, Judah, Judaism, Mac, Mattathias
related to Characters and heroes · 30
Hanukkah → Acclaimed, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Arrested, David, Eleazar, Eleazar Avaran, Eleazar Hachorani/Choran, Eleazar Maccabeus, Gideon, Hannah, Holofernes, Jewish, Johanan, Johanan Maccabeus, John Gaddi, Jonathan, Jonathan Apphus, Joshua, Judah, Judas Maccabeus
related to Music · 28
Hanukkah → Ages, Among, Candle, Dreidel, Eight Little Candles, English-speaking, Haneirot Halolu, Hanukkah Menorah, Hanukkiah Li Yesh, Have, Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Kad Katan, Latke'le Latke'le, Light, Little Latke, Ma'oz Tzur, Mi Yimalel, Ner Li, Ocho Kandelikas
related to Further reading · 27
Hanukkah → Benjamin, Big Book, Chanukah, Conforti, Devora Pub, Different Light, Ethnic Past, Ethnicity, Hebrew Institute, Inventing Tradition, ISBN, ISSN, Jewish Past, Nationalism, Pittsburgh, Pluralist Anthology, Renewing, Retrieved, Sacks, September
related to Relationship to Christmas · 22
Hanukkah → America, American, Ashkenazi Jews, Ashton, By, Children, Christian, Christmas, Christmas-celebrating, Diane Ashton, During, In North America, Isaac Mayer Wise, Jewish, Jewish Women's, Jews, Max Lilienthal, Recent, Reform, This
related to Zot Hanukkah: Hanukkah as the end of the High Holy Days · 21
Hanukkah → According, Chanukat HaMizbeach, Gmar, God, God's, Hasidic, Hasidic Jews, Hasidism, High Holiday, High Holy Days, In, Kabbalah, Kabbalistic, Numbers, Rosh Hashana, Some Hasidic, The, This, Yom Kippur, Zot Hanukkah
related to Alternative spellings · 20
Hanukkah → Adapting, Ch, Chanukah, Collins English Dictionary, English, Furthermore, Hanukah, Hebrew, However, In Hebrew, It, Merriam, Moreover, Oxford Style Manual, Scottish, Scottish Ch, The, The Guardian, The New York Times, Webster
related to Other ancient sources · 20
Hanukkah → Ancient Greek, Aramaic, Dedication, Esdras, Festival, Hebrew, In, It, Jerusalem, Jesus, John, New Testament, NIV, Septuagint, Solomon's Colonnade, The, The Aramaic New Testament, The Greek, Then, This Greek
related to Hanukkah in the White House · 19
Hanukkah → Ben-Gurion, Bush, Hanukkah-themed, In, Israel, Israeli Prime Minister David, National Menorah, Oval Office, President Bill Clinton, President George, President Jimmy Carter, Service, The, The United States Postal, Truman, United States Postal Service, United States President Harry, USPS, White House

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jewish hebrew temple days bce jews menorah one holiday eight first lights antiochus oil lit candles lighting light night miracle

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Hanukkah2025 dateSunset, 14 December – nightfall, 22 December1.00infobox
Hanukkah2026 dateSunset, 4 December – nightfall, 12 December1.00infobox
Hanukkah2027 dateSunset, 24 December – nightfall, 1 January1.00infobox
Hanukkah2028 dateSunset, 12 December – nightfall, 20 December1.00infobox
HanukkahBegins25 Kislev1.00infobox
HanukkahCelebrationsLighting candles each night. Singing special songs, such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel during Shaḥarit. Eating food fried in oil, such as latkes and sufganiyot, and dairy f…1.00infobox
HanukkahDate8 of the 9 days: 25 Kislev, 26 Kislev, 27 Kislev, 28 Kislev, 29 Kislev, sometimes 30 Kislev[b], 1 Tevet, 2 Tevet, and sometimes 3 Tevet[c]1.00infobox
HanukkahEnds2 Tevet[b] or 3 Tevet[c]1.00infobox
HanukkahFrequencyAnnual1.00infobox
HanukkahOfficial nameחֲנֻכָּה or חֲנוּכָּה[a] (lit. 'Dedication [of the Temple in Jerusalem]')1.00infobox
HanukkahRelated toPurim, Day of Salvation and Liberation as a rabbinically decreed holiday.1.00infobox
HanukkahSignificanceTractate Shabbat 21b:10 of the Talmud: Chazal taught that the Second Temple was cleansed and the Temple menorah lit with only one day's worth of pure olive oil, yet it miraculou…1.00infobox
HanukkahTypeJewish1.00infobox
Hanukkahis amost common and the preferred choice of Merriam0.90text
Hanukkahis areligious duty imposed by the sages.Academic sourcesSome modern scholars0.90text
Hanukkahis areligious duty imposed by the sages0.90text
Hanukkahis aancient holiday0.90text

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