Comments on: The Origins of the Word Hanukkiyah http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bryce http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Bryce Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:49 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2101#comment-2573 S., my kindergartener daughter came home with her name spelled with a raised dash between the yud and the heh. I asked the teacher whether that was important, and she admitted that she really didn't know. In other words, I wouldn't take any lessons from the fact your friend's child's teacher used the dash. S., my kindergartener daughter came home with her name spelled with a raised dash between the yud and the heh. I asked the teacher whether that was important, and she admitted that she really didn’t know. In other words, I wouldn’t take any lessons from the fact your friend’s child’s teacher used the dash.

]]> By: S. http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 S. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:06:10 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2101#comment-2534 A friend's child brought home a Chanukah project, with the following spelling: חנוכי-ה A friend’s child brought home a Chanukah project, with the following spelling:

חנוכי-ה

]]> By: Menachem Mendel http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/comment-page-1/#comment-2523 Menachem Mendel Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:24:39 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2101#comment-2523 Hillel, Thanks for the link. I should have also thought about סופגנייה. Hillel,

Thanks for the link. I should have also thought about סופגנייה.

]]> By: Hilllie Ben Shachar http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/comment-page-1/#comment-2521 Hilllie Ben Shachar Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:09:23 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2101#comment-2521 For a disscussion of סופגנייה, see: http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/PDF/Hanuka.pdf For a disscussion of סופגנייה, see:
http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/PDF/Hanuka.pdf

]]> By: ssecunda http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/comment-page-1/#comment-2519 ssecunda Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:41:30 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2101#comment-2519 There is also evidence the word חנוכה without נר meant חנוכיה in Middle Hebrew. See Moshe Benovitz, "עד דכליא ריגלא דתרמודאי" : נר חנוכה בארץ ישראל בימי התנאים והאמוראים" in Torah Leshmah (2007). This lead of course to some confusion in the Bavli sugya. There is also evidence the word חנוכה without נר meant חנוכיה in Middle Hebrew. See Moshe Benovitz, “עד דכליא ריגלא דתרמודאי” : נר חנוכה בארץ ישראל בימי התנאים והאמוראים” in Torah Leshmah (2007). This lead of course to some confusion in the Bavli sugya.

]]> By: Menachem Mendel http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 Menachem Mendel Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:34:25 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2101#comment-2518 In <i>Leshoneinu la-Am</i>, n. 24 there is a discussion of the word. The next time that I am at the library I will check it out. In Leshoneinu la-Am, n. 24 there is a discussion of the word. The next time that I am at the library I will check it out.

]]> By: S. http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/12/17/the-origins-of-the-word-hanukkiyah/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 S. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:40:00 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=2101#comment-2517 Have you got an example from Ladino literature that shows usage of the term? Have you got an example from Ladino literature that shows usage of the term?

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