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Hanukkah

Also known as Hannukah, Chanukah, Hanukah, care Chimbo, Chanuka, Chanukkah, Hanukka, Chanukka

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Holiday.celebrations: Lighting candles each night. Singing special songs, such as ''Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel during Shaḥarit. Eating food fried in oil, such as latkes and sufganiyot, and dairy foods. Playing the dreidel'' game, and giving Hanukkah gelt.
Holiday.type: Jewish
Holiday.significance: Commemoration of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–141 BCE)
Holiday.relatedto: Purim, Day of Salvation and Liberation as a rabbinically decreed holiday.
Holiday.date: 8 of the 9 days: 25 Kislev, 26 Kislev, 27 Kislev, 28 Kislev, 29 Kislev, sometimes 30 Kislev, 1 Tevet, 2 Tevet, and sometimes 3 Tevet
Holiday.frequency: Annual
Holiday.image: File: Hanukkah חג חנוכה.jpg
Holiday.caption: Dreidels, Hanukkah menorah, and sufganiyot
Holiday.holiday_name: Hanukkah
Holiday.official_name: or  ()
Holiday.begins: 25 Kislev
Holiday.ends: 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet

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Contents

Etymology
Alternative spellings
Festival of Lights
Historical sources
Books of Maccabees
Early rabbinic sources
Narrative of Josephus
Other ancient sources
History
Background
Traditional view
Academic sources
Timeline
Battles of the Maccabean Revolt
Characters and heroes
Rituals
Kindling the Hanukkah lights
Candle-lighting time
Blessings over the candles
Blessing for lighting the candles
Blessing for the miracles of Hanukkah
''Hanerot Halalu''
''Maoz Tzur''
Other customs
Special additions to daily prayers
''Zot Hanukkah:'' Hanukkah as the end of the High Holy Days
Other related laws and customs
Customs
Music
Foods
Dreidel
Hanukkah gelt
Hanukkah in the White House
Dates
Symbolic importance
Modern history
Zionism
North America
Relationship to Christmas
See also
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links

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Hanukkah (; , ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE, when the Maccabees successfully recovered Jerusalem and the Second Temple.

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Hanukkah

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