Hanukkah (, " dedication ") also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight day Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th day of Kislev ( Hebrew calendar ).

Polish Jews fried pączki (, pontshkes ) in oil, and ate them on Hanukkah, following the tradition of eating food cooked in oil on Hanukkah.

(°&# 32 ; however, if Miketz occurs on the first Sabbath Hanukkah, which is usually the case, the Haftarah is Zechariah 2: 14 – 4: 7.

In the English-speaking diaspora, the lamp is most commonly called a " Hanukkah menorah ," or simply " menorah " for short, whereas in Modern Hebrew it is exclusively called a chanukkiyah, and the Hebrew word menorah simply means " lamp ".

Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

The name " Hanukkah " derives from the Hebrew verb "", meaning " to dedicate ".

* ( Hanukkah ) is also the Hebrew acronym for — " Eight candles, and the halakha is like the House of Hillel ".

This work ( also known as " Megillat HaHasmonaim ", " Megillat Hanukkah " or " Megillat Yevanit ") is in both Aramaic and Hebrew ; the Hebrew version is a literal translation from the Aramaic original.

Linguists are interested in the letter because the names of the community members are of Turkic, Slavic, and Hebrew origins ( for example, names such as: " Hanukkah ," " Yehudah ," " Gostata ," and " Kiabar ").

His book The Star that Astonished the World claimed the " Star of Bethlehem " was the planet ( or " wandering star " in antiquity ) Jupiter, or Zedeq (" Righteousness ") in Hebrew, leading the wise men to Jesus in Bethlehem on December 25, 2 BCE, coinciding with the Jewish Festival of Lamps or Hanukkah that year.

The Hanukkah menorah ( Hebrew: מנורת חנוכה m ' noraht khanukkah, pl.

In 2008, Cohen released an album entitled " Songs in the Key of Hanukkah " collaborating with Yasmin Levy, Jules Brookes, Y-Love, Dana Kerstein, Idan Raichel and Avivit Caspi, in English, Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino.

Candles of wax or tallow took the place of lamps used in various Jewish rituals such as the Sabbath lights ; in the Havdalah ceremony ; and the Hanukkah lights.

He is not the king who oppressed Judea and was resisted by the Maccabees in the Jewish story of Hanukkah ; rather, that was his son, Antiochus IV.

; 167 – 161 BCE: The Maccabees ( Hasmoneans ) revolt against the Hellenistic Empire of Seleucids, led by Judah Maccabee, resulting in victory and installation of the Hanukkah holiday.

at: 165 shift: 15 ,- 10 text: The Temple rededicated ; Hanukkah, 165 BCE.

(°&# 32 ; however, if Vayeshev occurs on the first Sabbath Hanukkah, which happens occasionally, the Haftarah is Zechariah 2: 14 – 4: 7.

School-wide events include Grandparents ’ & Special Friends ’ Day on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving ; Yule Festival – a longstanding holiday assembly that acknowledges both the common and varying traditions of the school ’ s diverse community in songs and readings that capture the principles and spirit of Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa ; and May Day – a special assembly welcoming spring for students in Pre-K through Grade 5.

He was succeeded by Hezekiah, his son ; next to him was Manasseh, his son ; next to him was Hanukkah, the brother of Obadiah ; next Isaac, his son ; afterwards, his son Zebulun ; then his son Moses ; then his son Nissi ; then his son Aaron ; then his son Menahem ; then his son Benjamin ; then his son Aaron II ; and I, Joseph, the son of Aaron the King, am King, the son of a King, and the descendant of kings.

The extended Winterval the following year included: Hallowe ' en ; Guy Fawkes Night ; Diwali ; Ramadan and Eid ; Hanukkah ; Advent, Christmas, and Boxing Day ; New Year's Eve ; and Chinese New Year.

It is also used to describe Hanukkah and Purim, as well as Yom Ha ' atzma ' ut ( Israeli Independence Day ) and Yom Yerushalayim ( Jerusalem Day ).

The Menorah is also a symbol closely associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

In addition, Yalda, Saturnalia, Karachun, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Yule ( see winter solstice for more ) are also celebrated around this time.

The group also provides programs that provide their Christian interpretation of Jewish holidays such as Passover, Sukkot and Hanukkah, explaining what they consider messianic elements and how they believe these festivals are related to Jesus.

During the holiday season the show also airs one or more Christmas and Hanukkah themed stories narrated by past or present announcers.

While potato pancakes ( latkes or levivot ) are also eaten in Israel, sufganiyot are considered a more " Israeli " Hanukkah treat.

He is also Jewish since in " Walls " he tells Jack that he celebrates Hanukkah when Jack says that Christmas has come early upon Bridge and him receiving new patrol bikes.

It has also been described as a commentary on the way Jewish children are overlooked during the Christmas holiday ; this theme is overtly stated by Stan, who says at the end of the episode that Jews and Hanukkah " can be cool " as well as Christmas.

Unlike most mainstream holiday films, it centers on Jewish characters during the " Chanukah " AKA Hanukkah season, as opposed to religious or secular celebration of Christmas.

" After they closed production for that special, they begin considering the Hanukkah special and eventually created it in 1996 as the episode " A Rugrats Chanukah.

Both the Catholic and Jewish traditions have even set aside days for gambling, ( for Jews Hanukkah ), although religious authorities generally disapprove of gambling.

These include the laws of tzitzit, tefillin ( phylacteries ), mezuzot, the holiday of Hanukkah, and the laws of gerim ( converts ).

While not mandated ( a mitzvah ) for Hanukkah ( the only mandated mitzvot are lighting candles and saying the full hallel ), spinning the dreidel is a traditional game played during the holiday.

Major League Dreidel ( MLD ), founded in New York City in 2007, hosts dreidel tournaments during the holiday of Hanukkah.

Hanukkah Harry lands on a roof and climbs down the chimney of the home of Scott ( Mike Myers ) and Christine ( Victoria Jackson ), offering gifts of socks and slacks respectively.

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When a Talmudically specified haftarah was to be read on a certain Sabbath ( e. g., on Sabbath of Hanukkah ), some communities did not read the bridegroom's haftarah, preferring to keep to the standard haftarah of the week.

Unlike Chrismukkah, Christmanukkah is twenty days long ( twelve days of Christmas and another eight for Hanukkah ), and all of the days are spent receiving gifts and eating until passing out.

These occasions include the following: The three pilgrim festivals Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot ( the " bigger " Jewish holy days ), mentioned in the Torah ) and Hanukkah and Rosh Chodesh ( beginnings of the new month ).

It is a Jewish prayer recited on all seven days of Sukkot, on Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah ), on Shavuot, on the first two days of Pesach ( only the first day in Israel ), and on the eight days of Hanukkah.

Hanukkah Lamp, Lemberg ( Lviv, Ukraine ), 1867-72 from the collection of The Jewish Museum ( New York )

Dil celebrates both Jewish and Christian holidays ( Hanukkah and Christmas for example ), this is due to his Father and Mother being Christian and Jewish, respectively.