Kalmar "Chanukah" (wanda kuma aka rubuta "Hanukkah") tana nufin hutun Yahudawa, wanda kuma aka sani da bikin Haske, wanda ake yi na kwanaki takwas a ƙarshen Nuwamba ko Disamba. Bikin na tunawa da sake keɓe Haikali Mai Tsarki a Urushalima bayan Maccabees, ƙungiyar ’yan tawayen Yahudawa, sun ci sojojin Girka a shekara ta 165 K.Z.. Bisa ga al'ada, lokacin da Yahudawa suka tafi don kunna menorah a cikin Haikali, sun sami man fetur kawai na kwana ɗaya, amma man ya ƙone ta hanyar mu'ujiza na kwana takwas, don haka kwanaki takwas na Chanukah. Kalmar "Chanukah" ta fito daga kalmar Ibrananci "חֲנֻכָּה" wanda ke nufin "keɓe" ko "nauguration."