Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of lights. Although it has less religious significance than the Jewish High Holy Days, it is still a well-loved midwinter festival.In 165 B.C.E., the Jewish Maccabees managed to drive the Syrian army out of Jerusalem and reclaim their temple. The temple then had to be rededicated, since the Greek-influenced Syrians had taken it over as a temple to Zeus.
Things You’ll Need:
* Candles
* Dreidels
* Menorahs
* Canola Oil
* Olive (not Virgin) Oil
* Potatoes
* Candles
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Chanukah (Hanukkah): (lit. “rededication”); eight-day festival beginning on 25 Kislev, celebrating the Maccabees’ recapture of the second Temple from the Syrian Greeks, and its rededication, marked by the kindling of lights on a menorah or chanukiah
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