Hanukkah commemorates the cleansing and rededication of the Jewish temple by the Maccabees after they defeated the Greeks. The eight-day festival is marked by lighting candles on a menorah, eating traditional foods like latkes and sufganiyot, and playing dreidel.
Hanukkah is a minor Jewish holiday that commemorates the victory of the Jews against the Syrian-Greeks in the Maccabean War of 165 BCE.Passover is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.Yom Kippur is the holiest annual Jewish holiday. It is the day of atonement.
Only Jews celebrate Channukah because it is a Jewish holiday that commemorates an event in Jewish history.
Passover commemorates the Exodus, Shavuot commemorates the Giving of the Torah, and Sukkot commemorates the protection which God gave us in the wilderness. See also the Related Link.The Jewish festivals
A gentile does not typically celebrate Hanukkah, as it is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
It is known as Shavuot in Hebrew, or the Feast of Pentecost in Christian terminology.
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Passover commemorates the Exodus of Moses from Egypt. This Jewish holiday is celebrated through a traditional meal called the Seder, which includes specific foods and readings from the Haggadah. It typically falls in March or April.
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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.
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If not for the Maccabees, the Seleucid Empire would have extinguished the Jewish religion and forced all Jews to adopt Greek ways.