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Word of the Day 12/22/19 Hanukkah

Hanukkah (noun)
Hanukkah [hah-nuh-kuh; Ashkenazic Hebrew khah-nuh-kuh; Sephardic Hebrew khah-noo-kah]
(previously 12-16-14)

noun
1. 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.

Also, Chanukah.
Also called Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights.

Origin: 1890-95; < Hebrew ?anukkah literally, a dedicating

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