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חֲנֻכָּה

chanukah

pronounced kha-nu-KAH

Dedication — the feast of rededication

also written: hanukkah, hanukka, chanuka, chanukkah

In Scripture World English Bible

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

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