How Do You Spell Chanukah?

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Published: Saturday, December 1, 2007

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Visitor Comments: 15

(15) Anonymous, December 18, 2011 9:04 PM

love it!

lol-hilarious! chanuka? channuka? hanukah? hannuka????? not sure rlly :)

(14) a proud jew, December 11, 2010 9:10 PM

LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS! LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!! I myself prefer Chanukah!!!

(13) Anonymous, February 15, 2009 4:24 PM

Really Cute!!

Really cute song and graphics. I found it very amusing! Great job!

(12) Abi, December 13, 2007 5:52 AM

Try Hebrew

You spell it het nun vav kaf heh. Didn't think of that, eh?

(11) anita steele, December 9, 2007 2:53 PM

I am 85 years old--and still don't know-so I use it every way I see it and have fun doing it.must admit i love the ch combination with all the gutteral sounds attached to that.

(10) yonah, December 9, 2007 10:32 AM

Very fresh. Well done visuals. Nice beat. Clever lyrics

(9) Shyla, December 6, 2007 11:11 PM

very interesting

Good. Fun. Nice. Interesting.

(8) Tzvi Mordechai, December 6, 2007 1:02 AM

A KH

Technically speaking, the KH is much better than an H or a CH!

(7) David, December 5, 2007 11:30 AM

A worthy question.

Lively,energetic,and entertaing, very well done.This is good for all ages.

(6) Orly, December 5, 2007 10:02 AM

So cute! I loved it!

(5) jeff, December 4, 2007 10:43 PM

Terrific!

This is excellent. Very well done. Thanks.

(4) Anonymous, December 4, 2007 1:42 PM

very entertaining for Jew and non Jew. Great concept. And, yes, thought provoking.

(3) Mayer, December 4, 2007 12:04 PM

Pretty simple

Isn't it obvious that it is spelled
×—× ×•×›×”

That's Chet or ches, Noon, vov or vav, kaf or kof and he or hey.

Simple isn't it.

(2) Anonymous, December 2, 2007 10:45 PM

It is really quite simple

Since ebrew goes from right to left, let's start at the "beginning." It is most correct to place an AH at the end since in Hebrew the final "sound" is a komatz - heh (a-h). One "N" is proper since the "nun" in Chanukah does not have a "dagesh" (dot) in it. CH should be used since H clearly does not depict the "ches" sound, while the CH at least hints to it. So it has to be CHANUKAH.

(1) Rosen, December 2, 2007 10:59 AM

Jewish words

Chanukah, or whichever way you want to spell it is a lot like Tanakh, which could also be Tenach for the overall Torah and Jewish texts.

That was a pretty long video trying to figure out the spelling of Chunukah (among other spellings), but nonetheless a thought-prevoker!

Other than that, it's all about Hebrew and English transliteration.

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How Do You Spell Chanukah?

Visitor Comments: 15

(15) Anonymous, December 18, 2011 9:04 PM

(14) a proud jew, December 11, 2010 9:10 PM

(13) Anonymous, February 15, 2009 4:24 PM

(12) Abi, December 13, 2007 5:52 AM

(11) anita steele, December 9, 2007 2:53 PM

(10) yonah, December 9, 2007 10:32 AM

(9) Shyla, December 6, 2007 11:11 PM

(8) Tzvi Mordechai, December 6, 2007 1:02 AM

(7) David, December 5, 2007 11:30 AM

(6) Orly, December 5, 2007 10:02 AM

(5) jeff, December 4, 2007 10:43 PM

(4) Anonymous, December 4, 2007 1:42 PM

(3) Mayer, December 4, 2007 12:04 PM

(2) Anonymous, December 2, 2007 10:45 PM

(1) Rosen, December 2, 2007 10:59 AM

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