Meaning of Khanuka | Babel Free

Examples

“A Khanuka Latke party will be given by the Senior Council of the Menorah Center on Sunday evening, December 6, in the Banquet room of the Center.”

“How do you spell “terror”? Alert readers have been troubled by that very question over the last few weeks, as they’ve watched Libya’s Col. Moammar Khadafy dominate the headlines. […] The transliterator’s first dilemma, then, is “Hanukkah” vs. “Chanuka,” or convenience for the reader vs. faithfulness to the original. Aha, you say. “Khadafy” as in “Khanuka.” No, we’re not there yet.”

“While many in the West see the candle-lighting holiday of Khanuka as the Jewish alternative to Christmas, this eight-day holiday in which Jews exchange gifts actually began as Judaism’s most revolutionary holiday. Khanuka begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev (November–December), and is observed to commemorate the rededication of the Temple after it was desecrated in 165BC.”

“Your father was the Rabbi, / Your Mama my best friend. / We went to school together, / And both sang Khanuka songs.”

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