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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Hanukkah .
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Examples
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Actually, Hanukka is more like “Yay, jelly doughnuts!”
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To all my Jewish friends, Happy Hanukka and many more to come. vgal
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Hilary Leila Krieger, “White House Hanukka party guest list to be cut in half,” Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2009.
Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010
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At about forty pages each, it narrates both the public and private lives of the last twelve presidents; given that it's the first book of its kind since Suetonius' famous Roman tome The Twelve Caesars which furnished the basis for Robert Graves' novel I, Claudius, also the award-winning TV series of that name, starring Derek Jacobi, it's tailor made, surely, for Hanukka-wrapping, or placing under the Christmas tree for Uncle Sam.
Nigel Hamilton: Unlisted -- But OK Nigel Hamilton 2010
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At about forty pages each, it narrates both the public and private lives of the last twelve presidents; given that it's the first book of its kind since Suetonius' famous Roman tome The Twelve Caesars which furnished the basis for Robert Graves' novel I, Claudius, also the award-winning TV series of that name, starring Derek Jacobi, it's tailor made, surely, for Hanukka-wrapping, or placing under the Christmas tree for Uncle Sam.
Nigel Hamilton: Unlisted -- But OK Nigel Hamilton 2010
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Hilary Leila Krieger, “White House Hanukka party guest list to be cut in half,” Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2009.
Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010
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BTW - for anyone interested, translation of the Hebrew reply above: that we are at the last day of Hanukka.
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He said no money had been invested in the campaign, but it had already raised awareness around the world and made people realize that they have to consider the environment this Hanukka.
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In a campaign that has spread like wildfire across the Internet, a group of Israeli environmentalists is encouraging Jews around the world to light at least one less candle this Hanukka to help the environment.
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"We have many environmental traditions in Judaism like Tu Bishvat and Succot, but there are also traditions like Lag Ba'omer and Hanukka that made sense when they were instituted but are more problematic now in the days of global warming," Wegner said.
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