Often referred to as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is the eight-day Jewish celebration which commemorates the re-dedication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C. According to legend, Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of […]
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