Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days.
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This was when the Second Temple in Jerusalem was rededicated after its desecration by the Syrian Greeks.
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Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a joyous holiday that is celebrated by lighting a menorah, a nine-branched candelabra, with one candle lit on the first night of Hanukkah, two on the second night, and so on until all eight candles are lit on the final night of the holiday.
The eight days of Hanukkah represent the eight days during which the oil burned in the menorah in the Temple, as well as the eight miraculous occurrences that took place during the rededication of the Temple.
Hanukkah is a holiday that falls on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunar calendar. The Hebrew calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, with each month beginning with the new moon.


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