Chanukah Basics
Become an expert on this widely celebrated but barely understood Jewish wintertime festival.
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Info you need about Chanukah
The history, the observances, and the inner significance . . .
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What does the holiday of Chanukah celebrate? How is it spelled, Chanukah or Hanukkah? What does the word Chanukah mean? What is the ninth candle for? Is Chanukah a major Jewish holiday? Answers to these questions and more . . .
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The dreidel, known in Hebrew as a sevivon, dates back to the time of the Greek-Syrian rule over the Holy Land—which set off the Maccabean revolt that culminated in the Chanukah miracle.
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People love to joke about the many ways to pronounce and spell Chanukah. But what does chanukah actually mean?
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