# chanukah (חֲנֻכָּה)

pronounced: kha-nu-KAH


**Dedication — the feast of rededication**

## In Scripture

> It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
> — John 10:22-23 (The only scripture that names the feast; its origin is told in 1 Maccabees, which we do not treat as scripture)

> The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before the altar.
> — Numbers 7:10 (The Torah's own use of the word chanukah — dedication of an altar)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/chanukah/