Hanukkah

Pronounced: KHAH-nuh-kah, also ha-new-KAH, an eight-day festival commemorating the Maccabees’ victory over the Greeks and subsequent rededication of the temple. Falls in the Hebrew month of Kislev, which usually corresponds with December.

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Hanukkah 2016

Get ready to light the menorah on Dec. 24.

Hanukkah 2017

Light the menorah through Dec. 19, 2017!

Must-Know Hanukkah Words and Phrases

Key vocabulary for the Jewish Festival of Lights.