Hanukkah

E9679

Jewish holiday annual event religious festival

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and celebrated by lighting a menorah, reciting special prayers, and enjoying traditional foods.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Hanukkah canonical	37
Chanukah	3
Hanukkah festival	2
Feast of Dedication	1
Hanukkah miracle of oil	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish holiday ⓘ annual event ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
associatedGroup	Maccabees ⓘ
beginsOn	25 Kislev ⓘ
calendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
candleLightingFrequency	nightly ⓘ
candlesLitFirstNight	1 ⓘ
candlesLitLastNight	8 ⓘ
category	Jewish festivals ⓘ Jewish holidays related to the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
commemorates	Maccabean Revolt ⓘ surface form: Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire miracle of the oil lasting eight days ⓘ rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Hanukkah ⓘ surface form: Chanukah Hanukkah ⓘ surface form: Feast of Dedication Festival of Lights ⓘ
hasCentralCandle	shamash ⓘ
historicalPeriod	2nd century BCE ⓘ
includesBlessing	candle-lighting blessings ⓘ
includesCandleLighting	true ⓘ
includesPrayer	Al HaNissim ⓘ Hallel ⓘ
includesSong	Maoz Tzur ⓘ
mainRitualObject	Hanukkah menorah ⓘ hanukkiah ⓘ
mentionedIn	Talmud ⓘ
numberOfBranchesOfHanukkiah	9 ⓘ
numberOfDays	8 ⓘ
observedBy	Jews ⓘ
observedIn	Israel ⓘ Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
scripturalSource	Books of the Maccabees ⓘ
season	early winter ⓘ late autumn ⓘ
shamashFunction	used to light the other candles ⓘ
symbolizes	Jewish identity ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ triumph of light over darkness ⓘ
traditionalFood	foods fried in oil ⓘ latkes ⓘ sufganiyot ⓘ
traditionalGame	dreidel ⓘ
traditionalGift	Hanukkah gelt ⓘ
typicalGregorianRange	December ⓘ late November ⓘ
workProhibitedLikeShabbat	false ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → hasMajorHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Judaism → hasHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Hanukkah → hasAlternativeName → Hanukkah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chanukah

Hanukkah → hasAlternativeName → Hanukkah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Dedication

Kislev → associatedWith → Hanukkah ⓘ

Kislev → festivalOccursIn → Hanukkah ⓘ

Hasmonean dynasty → associatedHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Maccabean Revolt → isCommemoratedBy → Hanukkah ⓘ

2 Maccabees → associatedWithFeast → Hanukkah ⓘ

Hanukkiah → usedDuring → Hanukkah ⓘ

Hanukkiah → associatedWithHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Hanukkiah → symbolizes → Hanukkah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanukkah miracle of oil

Hallel → usedOn → Hanukkah ⓘ

December → containsHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Epcot International Festival of the Holidays → theme → Hanukkah ⓘ

Georgian Jews → holiday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Books of the Maccabees → associatedWith → Hanukkah ⓘ

Festival of Lights → alsoKnownAs → Hanukkah ⓘ

Festival of Lights → alsoSpelled → Hanukkah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chanukah

shamash → usedIn → Hanukkah ⓘ

subject surface form: Shamash

Maoz Tzur → usedDuring → Hanukkah ⓘ

Maoz Tzur → associatedHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Hanukkah gelt → associatedWithFestival → Hanukkah ⓘ

Hanukkah gelt → givenDuring → Hanukkah ⓘ

Maccabees → associatedWithEvent → Hanukkah ⓘ

Maccabees → commemoratedBy → Hanukkah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanukkah festival

Battle of Beth Zur → relatedEvent → Hanukkah ⓘ

Jewish Canadians → holiday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Messianic Jews → observe → Hanukkah ⓘ

Yom Tov → includesInRabbinicCategory → Hanukkah ⓘ

Psalm 113 → liturgicalOccasionInJudaism → Hanukkah ⓘ

Walt Disney World holiday offerings → theme → Hanukkah ⓘ

Festivus → contrastsWith → Hanukkah ⓘ

Megillat Antiochus → mainSubject → Hanukkah ⓘ

Megillat Antiochus → associatedFestival → Hanukkah ⓘ

Al HaNissim → liturgicalOccasion → Hanukkah ⓘ

Al HaNissim → associatedHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Stronghold of My Salvation → usedIn → Hanukkah ⓘ

Stronghold of My Salvation → associatedWith → Hanukkah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hanukkah festival

Stronghold of My Salvation → religiousHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

Mordechai (medieval poet, uncertain identification) → workSubject → Hanukkah ⓘ

Tachanun → omittedOn → Hanukkah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chanukah

Kane Street Synagogue → observesHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ

French Jews → observesHoliday → Hanukkah ⓘ