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.

Aliases (4)

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 against the Seleucid Empire → miracle of the oil lasting eight days → rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem →
hasAlternativeName	Chanukah → 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 (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hasmonean dynasty → Maoz Tzur →	associatedHoliday
Books of the Maccabees → Kislev →	associatedWith
Hanukkah ("Chanukah") → Hanukkah ("Feast of Dedication") →	hasAlternativeName
Hanukkiah → Maoz Tzur →	usedDuring
Festival of Lights →	alsoKnownAs
Festival of Lights ("Chanukah") →	alsoSpelled
Maccabees →	associatedWithEvent
2 Maccabees →	associatedWithFeast
Hanukkah gelt →	associatedWithFestival
Hanukkiah →	associatedWithHoliday
Maccabees ("Hanukkah festival") →	commemoratedBy
December →	containsHoliday
Kislev →	festivalOccursIn
Hanukkah gelt →	givenDuring
Judaism →	hasHoliday
Jews →	hasMajorHoliday
Georgian Jews →	holiday
Maccabean Revolt →	isCommemoratedBy
Hanukkiah ("Hanukkah miracle of oil") →	symbolizes
Epcot International Festival of the Holidays →	theme
Shamash →	usedIn
Hallel →	usedOn