Hanukkah

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Festive Italian Vocabulary

The Jewish festival of Hanukkah lasts for eight days sometime between late November and the end of each year. The dates vary because they are not based on the Gregorian calendar, aka solar calendar. Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev, the ninth month in the Hebrew calendar.

How do you say Hanukkah in Italian?

The name of the holiday has several spellings in both Italian and English because Hebrew is written with a different alphabet, which leads to spelling variations when transcribing it.

English		Italian
Hanukkah		Hanukkah
Hanukah		Channukah
Hanukka		Chanukkah
Chanukah		Chanukkà

So "Happy Hanukkah!" may be any of the following in Italian:

• Felice Hanukkah!
• Felice Channukah!
• Felice Chanukkah!
• Felice Chanukkà!

In addition, Hanukkah is known by two other names:

1. The Festival of Lights – la Festa delle Luci, la Festa dei Lumi
2. The Feast of Dedication – la Festa della Dedicazione
   

	Decorations and Details		Decorazioni e dettagli
	blessing		una benedizione
	candle		una candela
	coin		una moneta
	December		dicembre
	door		una porta
	Dreidel (spinning top)		una trottola
	eight days		otto giorni
	family		la famiglia
	game		un gioco
	gift		un regalo
	Hebrew (language)		l’ebraico
	Jewish		ebreo
	kosher		kosher
	lighter		un accendino
	match		un fiammifero
	menorah		la chanukkià*
	miracle		un miracolo
	November		novembre
	pocket money		la paghetta
	prayer		una preghiera
	rabbi		il rabbino
	Sabbath		il sabato
	song		una canzone
	star of David		la stella di Davide
	sunset		il tramonto
	temple		il tempio
	Torah		la Torah
	victory		la vittoria
	window		la finestra
	Hanukkah Foods		Cibo di Hanukkah
	applesauce		la salsa di mele
	bread		il pane
	brisket		la punta di petto
	cheese		il formaggio
	chicken		il pollo
	dairy products		i latticini
	doughnut		una ciambella
	milk		il latte
	oil		l’olio
	potato pancake, latke		una frittella di patate
	sour cream		la panna acida
	turkey		il tacchino
	Hanukkah Verbs		Verbi di Hanukkah
	to burn		bruciare
	to eat		mangiare
	to fry		friggere
	to light (a candle, the menorah)		accendere (una candela, la chanukkià)
	to sing		cantare

 * Una chanukkià is a special nine-branched menorah for Hanukkah. A regular seven-branched menorah is called una menorah.

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