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Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 and as late as Dec. 27. This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins is an American children's picture book written by Eric Kimmel and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman in 1989. [1] [2] It features the Jewish folk hero and trickster figure Hershel of Ostropol challenging and defeating through guile a series of goblins over the course of the eight nights of Hanukkah, culminating in a showdown with the King of the Goblins himself ...
Miracle of the cruse [a] of oil (Hebrew: נֵס פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן), or the Miracle of Hanukkah, is an Aggadah depicted in the Babylonian Talmud [1] as one of the reasons for Hanukkah. In the story, the miracle occurred after the liberation of the Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt, and it describes the finding of a jug ...
Sunday marks the first day of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. Spanning eight days, Jews light a candle on the menorah -- or hanukkiyah -- for each day of the holiday.
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A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [a] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights (candles or oil lamps) that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ignited.
This year Hanukkah 2023 starts on Thursday, Dec. 7 at sundown and ends on Friday, Dec. 15. at sundown. How long does Hanukkah last? The celebration is a eight-day festival.