Hanukkah is the holiday that celebrates rededication of the second temple.
The Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) under Antiochus Epiphanes (2nd century BCE), at the instigation of the Hellenizers, had forbidden various Torah-practices in Judea, such as Sabbath-observance and circumcision, rededicated the Temple to a Greek idol, and pressed the Jews to offer up idolatrous sacrifices. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Hasmoneans (a family of religious Jews) fought to retake the Holy Temple, which had been seized by the Seleucids, and to enable the people to once again observe the Torah. The Hasmoneans (also called Maccabees) were miraculously victorious. When they reached the Temple grounds, they immediately reconsecrated it to God. As part of this action, they relit the Menorah (Exodus ch.25), which was fueled with olive oil. However, it soon became apparent that there was only sufficient oil to keep the candelabra burning for one single day - and it would take eight days to make and bring some more.Hanukkah
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that is celebrated by Jewish people worldwide. It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days.
Hanukkah.
Chanukah, also spelled Hanukkah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It is also known as the Festival of Lights and is observed for eight days by lighting candles on a menorah, eating special foods like latkes and sufganiyot, and playing games with a dreidel.
A gentile does not typically celebrate Hanukkah, as it is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
Hanukkah is a holiday that lasts for eight days, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It is observed by lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, and eating traditional foods like latkes and sufganiyot.
The correct spelling is "Hanukkah." It is a Jewish holiday that typically falls in December, celebrating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
Christmas and Hanukkah are not the same holiday. Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday. Hanukkah is the Festival of Dedication that celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
Another name for the "Festival of Lights" is Hanukkah.
The name "hanukkah" literally means "rededication". It remembers the flask of oil that should have lasted for only one day, but miraculously burned for eight days, during the Hasmoneans' rededication of the Temple after the Greeks had defiled it.
Rededication.
The Holy Temple in Jerusalem.