Hanukah
Eight-night celebration
Hanukah is an alternative spelling of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
The holiday falls in November or December and is marked by lighting candles on a menorah, one additional candle each night.
Also spelled Chanukah.
Fried shredded potato cakes
- geltSlang for cash
- applesauceCooked fruit puree
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- rugelachFilled crescent pastry
Jewish ceremonial lampstand
- candlesWax lights with wicks
- shamashMenorah's attendant flame
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- blessingsFavors from the divine
wick · flame · nightfall · prayers · windowsill
Slippery viscous fluid
- templeSacred worship structure
- MaccabeesJudean revolt leaders
- rededicationRenewed formal commitment
- victoryDefeating an opponent
cruse · perseverance · faith · deliverance · survival · resilience · providence · wonders
latkes
Fried shredded potato cakes
- geltSlang for cash
- applesauceCooked fruit puree
- cheeseFermented milk solid
menorah
Jewish ceremonial lampstand
oil
Slippery viscous fluid
- templeSacred worship structure
- MaccabeesJudean revolt leaders
- rededicationRenewed formal commitment
victory · cruse · perseverance · faith · deliverance · survival · resilience · providence · wonders · liberation
Jewish
Of a Semitic people
Hebrew · Israel · Maccabees · tradition · ancestry · history · identity · diaspora · remembrance · observance
dreidel
Hebrew-lettered spinning top
games · songs · children · nun · hey · shin · spinning · parties · decorations · storytelling
HanukahChristmas
Winter nativity celebration
Easter · Diwali · Eid al-Fitr · Eid al-Adha · Kwanzaa
- happy HanukkahJewish winter festival greeting
- Hanukkah traditionsCustoms of the eight-day festival
- Hanukkah candlesRitual flames for December holiday
- Hanukkah lightsCeremonial winter festival candles
- Hanukkah dinnerMeal during Festival of Lights
- Hanukkah cardSeasonal Jewish greeting paper