Hanukkah

Hanukkah (pronounced Template:Respell; Template:Lang-he-n, Tiberian: Ḥănukkāh, usually spelled חנוכה, pronounced Template:IPA-he in Modern Hebrew; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah, Chanukkah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

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  President Harry S. Truman (left, back turned to camera) in the Oval Office, receiving a Hanukkah Menorah as a gift from the Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion (center). To the right is Abba Eban, the Ambassador of Israel to the United States.

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  Hanukkah lamp unearthed near Jerusalem, c. 1900

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  Rabino Mizrahi en la Ajnazat Torah en la Sinagoga Mayian Torah

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  Public Hanukkah menorah in Donetsk, Ukraine

Dreidel

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  Colorful dreidels for sale in Machne Yehuda market, Jerusalem with Israel specific lettering on blue dreidels and diasporah lettering on orange dreidels

Food

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  Potato latke made from Manischewitz brand mix frying in hot olive oil

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  Chocolate and vanilla cream are combined in this sufganiyah creation at Mahane Yehuda Market (shuk) in Jerusalem during Hanukkah

Gelt

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  Chocolate, gold-foil covered coins. Made by Elite