How do you use Hanukkah in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hanukah or chanukah, plus the exact meaning.
Hanukkah in a sentence
Hanukkah meaning
An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.
Synonyms of Hanukkah
Using Hanukkah
- The main meaning on this page is: An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.
- Useful related words include: hanukah, feast of dedication, feast of lights, festival of lights.
- In the example corpus, hanukkah often appears in combinations such as: of hanukkah, during hanukkah, the hanukkah.
Context around Hanukkah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hanukkah
- In this selection, "hanukkah" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, last, appropriate, customised, celebrates, chanukah and paper stand out and add context to how "hanukkah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the hanukkah story and and as dmei hanukkah in israel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hanukkah" sits close to words such as affirmation, ailment and alerting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hanukkah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But Sokol is not stopping with Hanukkah. (7 words)
In 2022, they organized a menorah lighting ceremony for Hanukkah. (10 words)
Just yesterday we hosted our official City Hall Hanukkah lighting. (10 words)
At another station they customised Hanukkah T-shirts and at another, labelled the "schmooze station", they ate latkes (potato cakes fried in oil) and doughnuts from nearby Glick’s bakery, learnt about the Hanukkah story and listened to traditional music. (40 words)
This year they will go to Sala’s mother’s home on Christmas for a big family party and then return home that night to light the Hanukkah candles, sing a few Jewish songs and read a Hanukkah book. (39 words)
This included decking out their entire house with Hanukkah decorations, playing holiday music I’d never heard of, and displaying multiple menorahs and a lineup of Hanukkah bears with gelt for each of the family’s eight children. (38 words)
Hey it’s only 238 days away, think we could get “The Hanukkah Song” out of him? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
So last Hanukkah, I made it a point to buy a small tree, wrap eight presents for my son in appropriate Hanukkah paper and put on Hanukkah songs.
This year they will go to Sala’s mother’s home on Christmas for a big family party and then return home that night to light the Hanukkah candles, sing a few Jewish songs and read a Hanukkah book.
To the cheering throngs, he said: “It is no coincidence that this inauguration occurs during the feast of Hanukkah, the Feast of Light, because Hanukkah celebrates the essence of liberty.
At another station they customised Hanukkah T-shirts and at another, labelled the "schmooze station", they ate latkes (potato cakes fried in oil) and doughnuts from nearby Glick’s bakery, learnt about the Hanukkah story and listened to traditional music.
His son, Ben, is half-Jewish, but knows much more about Christmas than he does about Hanukkah, so Ross tries to tie in Santa to pique Ben’s interest in Hanukkah.
This included decking out their entire house with Hanukkah decorations, playing holiday music I’d never heard of, and displaying multiple menorahs and a lineup of Hanukkah bears with gelt for each of the family’s eight children.
Gelt Chocolate gelt Chanukkah gelt ( Yiddish for "money") known as dmei Hanukkah in Israel, is often distributed to children during the festival of Hanukkah.
Kevin Conner, The Tabernacle of Moses, City Christian Publishing (1976), p43-44 Hanukkah (Chanukah) The Menorah is also a symbol closely associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah (Chanukah).
The purpose of the extra light is to adhere to the prohibition, specified in the Talmud (Tracate Shabbat 21b–23a), against using the Hanukkah lights for anything other than publicizing and meditating on the Hanukkah miracle.
After the Friday night Hanukkah service, Rabbi Goodstein invited everyone into the synagogue’s small cafeteria, where, at the entrance, two members invited attendees to vote on their favorite latke condiment: sour cream or applesauce.
Another incident cited by Bitton took place during Hanukkah in December 2019, when a machete-wielding man broke into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, N.Y., and wounded five men, one of whom later died.
At the Hanukkah event Monday night, Biden said “we’re committed to providing military assistance to Israel until they get rid of Hamas” and proclaimed “I’m a Zionist” to cheers.
But Sokol is not stopping with Hanukkah.
Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa and Three Kings Day are all celebrated at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure during the holiday season, according to the parks’ websites.
Created by Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin, the Hanukkah Sessions are a video series posted on Foo Fighters' YouTube channel.
Hey it’s only 238 days away, think we could get “The Hanukkah Song” out of him?
In 2022, they organized a menorah lighting ceremony for Hanukkah.
Ironically, Hanukkah celebrates a rebellion by Jews against the suppression of their faith by the Seleucid Greek Empire.
Israeli government officials in Miami acknowledged how difficult it can be to celebrate Hanukkah with the tragedy of war on everyone’s minds.
Just yesterday we hosted our official City Hall Hanukkah lighting.
Common combinations with hanukkah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of hanukkah 27×
- during hanukkah 18×
- the hanukkah 15×
- hanukkah and 13×
- and hanukkah 10×
- for hanukkah 9×
- hanukkah is 8×
- hanukkah in 7×
- christmas hanukkah 5×
- hanukkah celebration 5×