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It is most commonly transliterated to English as Hanukkah or Chanukah. The spelling Hanukkah , which is based on using characters of the English alphabet as symbols to re-create the word's correct spelling in Hebrew, [ 14 ] is the most common [ 15 ] and the preferred choice of Merriam–Webster , [ 16 ] Collins English Dictionary , the Oxford ...
A Hanukkah lamp from Lemberg in The Jewish Museum of New York [1]. A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [a] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Oh Chanukah (also Chanukah, Oh Chanukah) is an English version of the Yiddish Oy Chanukah (Yiddish: חנוכּה אױ חנוכּה Khanike Oy Khanike). The English words, while not a translation, are roughly based on the Yiddish. "Oy Chanukah" is a traditional Yiddish Chanukah song. "Oh Chanukah" is a very popular modern English Chanukah song.
CHANUKAH, CHANUKAH Chanukah, Chanukah, What a lovely holiday! Cheerful lights around us shine, Children have fun and play. Chanukah, Chanukah, The dreidel spins and spins. Spin your top until it stops, Have a good time, see who wins! חנוכה חנוכה עממי מילים: לוין קיפניס לחן: עממי
This is an almanac-like listing of major Jewish holidays from 2000 to 2050.All Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the evening before the date shown. Note also that the date given for Simchat Torah is for outside of Israel. [1]
The custom of Hanukkah bush [3] is a bone of contention between those Jews who see it, especially in its "menorah look-alike" manifestations, as a distinctly Jewish plant badge; and those Jews who regard it as an assimilationist variation of a Christmas tree — especially when it is indistinguishable from the latter.
"A Rugrats Chanukah" (titled onscreen as simply "Chanukah" and sometimes called the "Rugrats Chanukah Special") is the first episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Rugrats (and the sixty-sixth episode overall). It first aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on December 4, 1996.
The traditional Haggadah speaks of "four sons—one who is wise, one who is wicked, one who is simple, and one who does not know to ask". [35] The number four derives from the four passages in the Torah where one is commanded to explain the Exodus to one's son. [36] Each of these sons phrases his question about the seder in a different way.