Definition of Hanukah

1. Noun. (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.


Definition of Hanukah

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Hanukkah) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hanukah

Hansel
Hansel and Gretel
Hansemann macrophage
Hansen
Hansen's bacillus
Hansen's disease
Hanses
Hansom
Hansom cab
Hanson
Hansonism
Hansonmania
Hanswurst
Hanswursts
Hants
Hanukah (current term)
Hanukkah
Hanukkahs
Hanuman
Hany
Hanyu
Hanyu Pinyin
Hanzi
Haoma
Haora
Haphtarah
Haphtorah
Hapke parameter
Haplopappus
Haplopappus acaulis

Literary usage of Hanukah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Edition of the Babylonian Talmud (1903)
"REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE SABBATH AND "Hanukah LIGHT. MISHNA /.: What shall and what shall not be used for lighting (the Sabbath light) ? ..."

2. The History of the Talmud, from the Time of Its Formation, about 200 B. C by Michael Lewy Rodkinson (1903)
"Permissible and non-permissible oils and wicks for lamps on the Sabbath and 'Hanukah (feast ... the law of the 'Hanukah lights ; 'Hanukah arid the miracle ..."

3. The Jewish Religion Ethically Presented by H. (Henry) Pereira Mendes (1905)
"Hanukah. 1. There are two minor festivals, or festivals not commanded to us by Moses ... Hanukah is kept in memory of the successful resistance of the Jews, ..."

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