Hanukkah alsoChanukahorHanukahnounEtymology: Hebrew ḥănukkāh dedication Date: 1864
an 8-day Jewish holiday beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the
rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after its defilement by Antiochus
of Syria
Hanukkah n. (also Chanukkah) the Jewish festival of lights, commemorating the purification of the Temple in 165 BC. Etymology: Heb. hanukkah consecration
hanukkah n. (also Chanukkah) the Jewish festival of lights, commemorating the purification of the Temple in 165 BC. Etymology: Heb. hanukkah consecration
Hanukkah
also HanukahHanukkah is a Jewish festival that celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple in
Jerusalem in 165 B.C. It begins in November or December and lasts for eight days.
= Chanukah
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Hanukka \Ha"nuk*ka\, or Hanukkah \Ha"nuk*kah\, n. [Heb.
khanukk[=a]h.]
The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas
Maccab[ae]us, his brothers, and the whole congregation of
Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the
new altar set up at the purification of the temple of
Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by
Antiochus Epiphanes (--1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast,
which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days
(beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to
December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a
festival of lights, by the Jews.
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