(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC

Hanukah, Hanukkah, Chanukah dedication name of the winter holiday commemorating the Maccabean victory over the Syrians in 165 BCE.

(lit., "inaugural dedication"): eight-day festival beginning 25 Kislev, commemorating the Maccabees' rededication of the *Beis HaMikdash in the second century B.C.E., and marked by the kindling of lights