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  2. 10 surprising facts you may not know about Hanukkah - AOL

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    Here are 10 facts you may not have known about Hanukkah. Hanukkah means "dedication" in Hebrew. ... The proper term for these nine-branched candelabras is "hanukkiot," but many people still call ...

  3. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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    Used by religious Jews when speaking of the future and wanting God's help (similar to "God willing"). [1] Yishar koach (or ShKoiAch) [8] יְישַׁר כֹּחַ ‎ You should have increased strength [jiˈʃaʁ ˈko.aχ] Hebrew Meaning "good for you", "way to go", or "more power to you". Often used in synagogue after someone has received an ...

  4. Christmas and Hanukkah: Distinct Holidays With a Common Challenge

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    Hanukkah’s purifying of the temple from idolatrous worship would, for most Jews, preclude any embrace of Christian claims about a trinity, a divine God-Man, and the abrogation in such a person ...

  5. The Meaning of Hanukkah Goes Beyond Lights and Latkes - AOL

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    Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is joyfully celebrated by Jewish people around the world. Corresponding with the lunisolar calendar, the holiday dates change each year (typically ...

  6. Judaeo-Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Following the Expulsion, Jews spoke of "the Ladino" to mean the word-for-word translation of the Bible into Old Spanish. By extension, it came to mean that style of Spanish generally in the same way that (among Kurdish Jews) Targum has come to mean Judeo-Aramaic and (among Jews of Arabic-speaking background) sharḥ has come to mean Judeo-Arabic .

  7. List of Spanish words of Semitic origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Spanish words that come from Semitic languages (excluding Arabic, which can be found in the article, Arabic language influence on the Spanish language). It is further divided into words that come from Aramaic and Hebrew. Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages.

  8. Shine Bright With These 30 Hanukkah Greetings ... - AOL

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    Hanukkah Quotes "The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light —in a little cruse — lasted as long as they say; but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day ...

  9. Glossary of Jewish terms - Wikipedia

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    Search for Glossary of Jewish terms in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Glossary of Jewish terms article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .