Hanukkah (×—× ×•×›×”) means "dedication"
Hanukkah (×—× ×•×›×”) = dedication, or rededication
Rededication.
It means dedication or rededication
Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
The name "hanukkah" literally means "rededication". It remembers the flask of oil that should have lasted for only one day, but miraculously burned for eight days, during the Hasmoneans' rededication of the Temple after the Greeks had defiled it.
Hanukkah is a Jewish festival celebrated to remember how God miraculously kept the Temple lights burning without sufficient oil for eight days. The word Hanukkah means rededication.
1) To dedicate or dedication. 2) The celebration which commemorates the rededication of the Temple and the associated miracles, during which we light Hanukkah candles.
Rededication in Hebrew is commonly referred to as "חֲנֻכָּה" (Hanukkah), which means "dedication." It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE. The festival celebrates the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days when the Temple was reclaimed. Hanukkah is observed with the lighting of the menorah, playing dreidel, and enjoying traditional foods.
Another name for the "Festival of Lights" is Hanukkah.
The usual Anglicized form of the Hebrew celebration is Hanukkah. (see related question)