Happy Chanukah

[debmidge]

Happy Chanukah to all those who celebrate this week coming up!

Hope it's a special one!

[jerseyangel]

Very Happy Chanukah

[Lisa]

I have a question for all our Jewish friends. I have always wonder what is the correct spelling of Chanukah or Hanukkah, as I have seen it both ways.

[happygirl]

Have a happy and blessed Hanukah

(and yes, what is the difference in spelling?)

[jesscarmel]

thanks for the happy hannukah wishes and happy hannukah to those who also celebrate it. we just lit our candles for the first time as a married couple!

here is a brief explanat about the spelling:

In Hebrew, the word Hanukkah is written חנכה or חנוכה. It is most commonly transliterated to English as Chanukkah or Hanukkah, the latter because the sound represented by "CH" (as in "loch") does not exist in the English language

[jerseyangel]

Thanks Jess--I had wondered about that, too.

[Lisa]

thank you Jess, I always wondered about that. I now have a new wrinkle in my brain (learned something new).

Lisa

[Guest cassidy]

I have a question for all our Jewish friends. I have always wonder what is the correct spelling of Chanukah or Hanukkah, as I have seen it both ways.

I have always wondered about that as well. Is there a "preferred" spelling, or are they interchangable?

[Fiddle-Faddle]

Thanks, Debmidge!

I don't know that there is a preferred spelling--I have seen so many different spellings, I'm not sure I know which spelling I use! (Of course, that could be brainfog...)