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So this more of a chirstmas question

What does the word "Hanukkah" mean?
just a question (not for test)

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The eight-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukkah or Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt.

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Hanukkah is a jewish holiday, not christmas. Christmas is a Christian holiday symbolizing the birth of jesus while Hanukkah is for the Jewish on Dec 18th its also called the festival of lights.

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