- What Is Hanukkah? - Info you need about Chanukah - Chabad. org
Hanukkah (Chanukah) is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple (as you’ll read below)
- Hanukkah 2025: When Is Hanukkah and Why Is It Celebrated?
In 2025, this 8-day Jewish “festival of lights" (also called Chanukah) begins on Sunday, December 14, at sundown Learn all about Hanukkah dates, customs such as the nightly menorah lighting, and special foods
- Hanukkah - Wikipedia
Only biblical holidays fit these criteria, and Chanukah was instituted some two centuries after the Hebrew Bible was completed Nevertheless, though Chanukah is of rabbinic origin, it is traditionally celebrated in a major and very public fashion
- What is Hanukkah and when is it in 2025, 2026, 2027 + 2028
Hanukkah, which is Hebrew for “dedication,” is the Festival of Lights It commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian Greek army, and the subsequent miracle of rededicating the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and restoring its menorah, or lamp Open more doors to Jewish discovery
- When is Hanukkah this year? Why the holiday is celebrated
Hanukkah 2025 is almost here Check out when it begins this year and how to greet loved ones who celebrate the holiday
- Chanukah - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ)
Chanukah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev
- What is Chanukah (Hanukkah)? | JDC
What is Chanukah (Hanukkah)? Chanukah is a vibrant Jewish holiday celebrated annually, typically in December During this eight-day festival, families and communities gather to light the chanukiah (often referred to as a menorah) and commemorate the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days
- Hanukkah | Celebration, Story, Menorah, Candles, History, Customs . . .
Hanukkah is a Jewish festival that reaffirms the ideals of Judaism and commemorates in particular the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by the lighting of candles on each day of the festival
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