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  1. Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedicationnoun

    (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC

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    Hanukkah (; Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה‎, Modern: Ḥanukka, Tiberian: Ḥănukkā listen) is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE.Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by lighting the candles of a candelabrum with nine branches, commonly called a menorah or hanukkiah. One branch is typically placed above or below the others and its candle is used to light the other eight candles. This unique candle is called the shammash (Hebrew: שַׁמָּשׁ, "attendant"). Each night, one additional candle is lit by the shammash until all eight candles are lit together on the final night of the festival. Other Hanukkah festivities include singing Hanukkah songs, playing the game of dreidel and eating oil-based foods, such as latkes and sufganiyot, and dairy foods. Since the 1970s, the worldwide Chabad Hasidic movement has initiated public menorah lightings in open public places in many countries.Originally instituted as a feast "in the manner of Sukkot (Booths)", it does not come with the corresponding obligations, and is therefore a relatively minor holiday in strictly religious terms. Nevertheless, Hanukkah has attained major cultural significance in North America and elsewhere, especially among secular Jews, due to often occurring around the same time as Christmas during the holiday season.

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  1. chanukkah

    Chanukkah, also known as Hanukkah, is an eight-day Jewish holiday that typically falls in late November to late December. It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C. following the Maccabean revolt against oppressive Greek forces. The holiday is celebrated through various traditions, including lighting the menorah, playing the dreidel game, eating foods fried in oil like latkes and doughnuts, and giving gifts. The central theme of Chanukkah is the miracle of the oil, whereby a small jar of oil, enough for one day, burned for eight days in the temple's menorah.

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    The numerical value of chanukkah in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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    The numerical value of chanukkah in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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