Khanuka

khanuka English Proper noun en Hanukkah. en 26 November 1947 Evelyn Rothstein Eastside Journal’s Column of Clubs-Organizations Al S. Waxman Eastside Journal 13th year 39 Los Angeles, Calif. 7 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/710305246/ 3 19402660 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. en 28 April 1986 Jonathan Jeremy Goldberg Anyway you spell it, it still means ‘terror’ The Central New Jersey Home News New Brunswick, N.J. A9 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/317613313/ 1 13854028 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. on en 1999 November Klara Ilana Wistinetzki; Justin Ben-Adam (Rudelson) Holidays & Festivals Hebrew Phrasebook Footscray, Vic. Lonely Planet Publications “Time, Dates & Festivals” section 172 https://archive.org/details/hebrewphrasebook0000wist/page/172/mode/1up 0 86442 528 7 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. en 2013 Ben Nuttall-Smith A Poem for Gaza A Moment in Eternity New Westminster, B.C. Silver Bow Publishing 69 https://archive.org/details/momentineternity0000nutt/page/69/mode/1up 978-1-927616-02-4 Your father was the Rabbi, / Your Mama my best friend. / We went to school together, / And both sang Khanuka songs.