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woman holding plate of sufganiyot (jelly donuts) next to happy hanukkah sign
woman holding plate of sufganiyot (jelly donuts) next to happy hanukkah sign
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40 Hanukkah Instagram Captions To Make Your Post Really Shine

Erica Kam

Happy Hanukkah! The eight-day Jewish celebration began at sundown on Dec. 7 for 2023, and will end on Dec. 15. Though Hanukkah isn’t as important to the Jewish religion as some other holidays (please never, ever call it “Jewish Christmas,” thank you) and is considered a relatively “minor” holiday, it still marks a time for many families to get together, spin the dreidel, eat great food, and light the menorah. (Personally, I cannot wait to eat my mother’s latkes.) For all you chronically online Gen Zers, this of course means the celebration warrants an Instagram post — but what makes a good Hanukkah Instagram caption?

There are simply not as many iconic pop culture references to pull from for Hanukkah, aside from, like, “The Chanukah Song,” or Full-Court Miracle, for those of us raised on a steady diet of 2000s Disney Channel Original Movies. But if you’re hoping to share a snap of your Hanukkah celebrations with your feed, fear not: There are still plenty of options for a caption that’ll make you and your followers smile. In fact, I’ve rounded up 40 of them for you to choose from, whether you want something funny, sincere, or sweet. Prepare yourself for plenty of “light” puns — I warned you.

Hanukkah car near Menorah and holiday cookies
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  1. I love you a latke.
  2. It’s getting lit.
  3. Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow.
  4. Catch me raking in the gelt this year.
  5. “And while we are playing, the candles are burning low.” — “Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah”
  6. Only came for the sufganiyot.
  7. They see me rollin’ (the dreidel, duh).
  8. “I miss sparkling.” — “Bejeweled” by Taylor Swift
  9. Watch me glow.
  10. Eight nights, eight lights.
  11. You’re as sweet as sufganiyot.
  12. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu
  13. Life gave me potatoes, so I made latkes.
  14. Gelt is a girl’s best friend.
  15. Happy challah days!
  16. “Eight candles watch us holding our hands.” — “Eight Candles” by Yo La Tengo
  17. Shine a little light on me.
  18. A great miracle happened there.
  19. Hope your Hanukkah is lit.
  20. “There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” — Edith Wharton
silver dreidel
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  1. Tonight was fun, let’s do it seven more times!
  2. “Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay.” — “I Have A Little Dreidel”
  3. I’m having a latke fun.
  4. We shine as bright as the menorah.
  5. Happy Festival of Lights!
  6. “All your children here, in their rags of light.” — “If It Be Your Will” by HAIM
  7. You light up my life.
  8. Hanukkah-matata.
  9. “Here comes Chanukah! So much funukkah!” — “The Chanukah Song” by Adam Sandler
  10. One little candle can light so many others.
  11. “Shine bright tonight.” — “Diamonds” by Rihanna
  12. The best kind of gold is chocolate.
  13. Keep calm and dreidel on.
  14. The menorah’s not the only thing getting lit tonight.
  15. Happy Hanukkah! No, wait, Chanukah. No, Chanukkah! Oh, forget it.
  16. Challah at me.
  17. Thanks a latke!
  18. Guess who’s winning at dreidel tonight.
  19. Family, food, and fun.
  20. Happy Hanukkah!
Erica Kam is the Life Editor at Her Campus. She oversees the life, career, and news verticals on the site, including academics, experience, high school, money, work, and Her20s coverage. Over her six years at Her Campus, Erica has served in various editorial roles on the national team, including as the previous Culture Editor and as an editorial intern. She has also interned at Bustle Digital Group, where she covered entertainment news for Bustle and Elite Daily. She graduated in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing from Barnard College, where she was the senior editor of Columbia and Barnard’s Her Campus chapter and a deputy copy editor for The Columbia Spectator. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her dissecting K-pop music videos for easter eggs and rereading Jane Austen novels. She also loves exploring her home, the best city in the world — and if you think that's not NYC, she's willing to fight you on it.