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Chanukah, Chanukkah|ˈhænuːkə|
Also Chanuc(c)ah, Hanukkah, -cha.
[Heb. ḥanukkāh consecration.]
A Jewish festival beginning on the 25th of Kislev (November–December) and lasting eight days, in commemoration of the purification of the Temple at Jerusalem by Judas Maccabæus after its pollution by the Syrians.
1891M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 410 On Sabbath Chanuccah, Zechariah's vision..is read. 1893I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto (ed. 3) ii. i. 239 She was celebrating..the Feast of Chanukah—of the re-dedication of the Temple after the pollutions of Antiochus Epiphanes—and the memory of the national hero, Judas Maccabæus. 1902Daily Chron. 23 Dec. 5/1 The feast of ‘Hanucha’, or dedication, is celebrated by the Jews this year simultaneously with Christmas. 1903Ibid. 12 Dec. 5/2 The Chanucah Military Service is now an important annual feature of Jewish life in London. 1907Ibid. 2 Dec. 4/6 As a military festival, Chanucah stands alone among Jewish celebrations. 1931O. S. Rankin Orig. Festival Hanukkah Pref. p. vi. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Jan. 38/4 A common term between Christmas and Hanukah has to be found. 1964S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 226 Gersbach was lighting the Chanukah candles for his little son, Ephraim. |