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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanukkah | 2025 date | Sunset, 14 December – nightfall, 22 December | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | 2026 date | Sunset, 4 December – nightfall, 12 December | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | 2027 date | Sunset, 24 December – nightfall, 1 January | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | 2028 date | Sunset, 12 December – nightfall, 20 December | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Begins | 25 Kislev | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | 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… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Date | 8 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] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Ends | 2 Tevet[b] or 3 Tevet[c] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Frequency | Annual | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Official name | חֲנֻכָּה or חֲנוּכָּה[a] (lit. 'Dedication [of the Temple in Jerusalem]') | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Related to | Purim, Day of Salvation and Liberation as a rabbinically decreed holiday. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Significance | Tractate 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… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | Type | Jewish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hanukkah | is a | most common and the preferred choice of Merriam | 0.90 | text |
| Hanukkah | is a | religious duty imposed by the sages.Academic sourcesSome modern scholars | 0.90 | text |
| Hanukkah | is a | religious duty imposed by the sages | 0.90 | text |
| Hanukkah | is a | ancient holiday | 0.90 | text |
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