Some might say that the hanukkiah is decorations, but it isn't; the hanukkiah is a ceremonial object, with specific, non-decorative purposes. Perhaps the Stars of David that many string about are appropriate Jewish decoration?
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Hanukkiah
//ˌxɑːnʊˈkiːə//
Synonyms for "hanukkiah" (2 found)
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Translations
13 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- chanoekia noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Finnish
1 entries- hanukia noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Galician
1 entries- hanukía noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
German
1 entries- Chanukkia noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲנֻכִּיָּה noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Lithuanian
1 entries- chanùkija noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Polish
1 entries- chanukija noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Russian
2 entries- менора́т Ханука́ noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
- ханукия́ noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Spanish
1 entries- januquiá noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Swedish
2 entries- chanukkia noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
- menora noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Yiddish
1 entries- חנוכּה לאָמפּ noun (nine-branched candelabrum)
Sample sentences
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As a child of Holocaust survivors, there was nothing, no family relics. The celebration was very modest, with a very small hanukkiah, and my mother was a great maker of latkes. I now luckily have many different kinds of hanukkiahs.
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The candelabras lit on Hanukkah are technically called hanukkiahs. They have eight candles plus one more, a shamash, that is used for lighting the others.
Source: wiktionary
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