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Scholars disagree about how to interpret the Hebrew word for Hanukkah. If only I had time. Pin On Jewish Holidays Chanukah Written in Hebrew the holiday is spelled חנוכה. . So in some cultures Hanukkah is spelled as Chanukkah and is spoken as cha nuuu oouuu kaa. But the other spellings still show up regularly. Depending upon the religion you are you may be used to one or two different spellings of the word. As of this writing Hanukkah is the most common English spelling judging from among other things Google hits. However that doesnt quite explain the popularity of Hanukkah over Chanukah or vice versa. חג האורים Ḥag HaUrim is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd. Ḥanukā listen also known as the Festival of Lights Hebrew. Most individuals that celebrate the festival of lights ...