Hannukkah
Jewish winter celebration
Hannukkah is an alternative spelling of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the second century BCE.
The holiday falls in November or December and is marked by lighting candles on a menorah, one additional candle each night.
Also spelled Chanukah.
Hebrew-lettered spinning top
- geltSlang for cash
- latkesFried shredded potato cakes
- familyRelated people together
- gatheringsOccasions of congregating
gifts · songs · games · children · presents · spinning · parties · decorations
Judean revolt leaders
- TempleNamed religious structure
- rededicationRenewed formal commitment
- JudahPatriarch and namesake tribe
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
miracle · victory · revolt · liberation · Jerusalem · perseverance · resistance · desecration
Wax lights with wicks
- flameBurning gas made visible
- glowSteady, soft light
- illuminationProvision of light
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
shamash · brightness · kindle · windowsill · luminaries · radiance · darkness · winter
dreidel
Hebrew-lettered spinning top
gatherings · gifts · songs · games · children · presents · spinning · parties · decorations · applesauce
Maccabees
Judean revolt leaders
- TempleNamed religious structure
- rededicationRenewed formal commitment
- JudahPatriarch and namesake tribe
oil · miracle · victory · revolt · liberation · Jerusalem · perseverance · resistance · desecration · purification
candles
Wax lights with wicks
- flameBurning gas made visible
- glowSteady, soft light
- illuminationProvision of light
oil · shamash · brightness · kindle · windowsill · luminaries · radiance · darkness · winter · warmth
candles
Wax lights with wicks
prayers · kindling · nightfall · windowsill · sunset · wicks · synagogue
Judaism
Religion following Mosaic law
rabbi · mitzvah · diaspora · tradition · Ashkenazi · Sephardic · kosher · Israel · kippah · halacha
HannukkahChristmas
Winter nativity celebration
Easter · Diwali · Eid al-Fitr · Ramadan · Eid al-Adha
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