On Chanukah/Hanukkah, we can greet one another with “Hanukkah sameach!” means “Happy Hanukkah!” or “Chag urim sameach” which means “Happy Festival of Lights.” Urim is Hebrew for “lights”. As on any happy holiday or festival, we can say “Chag sameach!” (“Happy holiday!”)
Tonight is 25th Kislev for 8 days, Chanukah begins Thursday evening, December 7, 2023 (5784) and continues through Friday, December 15, 2023 (5784).
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* [10:22] Feast of the Dedication: an eight-day festival of lights (Hebrew, Hanukkah) held in December, three months after the feast of Tabernacles (Jn 7:2), to celebrate the Maccabees’ rededication of the altar and reconsecration of the temple in 164 B.C., after their desecration by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Dn 8:13; 9:27; cf. 1 Mc 4:36–59; 2 Mc 1:18–2:19; 10:1–8).
USCCB’s Greeting: The Catholic Bishops of the United States wish our Jewish brothers and sisters a Hanukkah full of light. We are mindful of our friendship, most particularly in times of darkness. חג חנוכה שמח
Jesus Christ is New Paschal Lamb of God 
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