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What is the Right Way to Spell Hannukah?!

So how do you spell Hannukah?

There actually is a correct way: Chet, nun, vav, kaf, hey. But in English, there’s disagreement. Some prefer to spell it phonetically, starting it with a “ch.” Some, like myself, like the simplicity of a sole “h” to begin the name. But there are so many variations even beyond that; One or two n’s? Do you use a solo “k” or do you need a “ck” combinationt? And how do we end the English nomenclature of our Festival of Lights? With an a? an ah? A friend told me that she learned that you can spell it any way you want so long as the word has 8 letters.