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Hanukkah ( , Tiberian , usually spelled , pronounced in Modern Hebrew , or in Yiddish a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple ) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire . Hanukkah is obse

The Bible Study Site What is HANUKKAH? Submit questions  -  New Articles QUESTION: What exactly is Hanukkah? What does it celebrate or commemorate? Is there anything wrong with a Christian observing the holiday? What does the Bible say about it? ANSWER: Hanukkah (which in Hebrew means to dedicate) is also re

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