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Why is Hanukkah known as the Festival of Lights?
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Questioner:Harper Murphy 2023-06-14 12:33:23
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Ethan Brown——Works at Microsoft, Lives in Seattle, WA
Hanukkah is the Jewish
Festival of Lights and it remembers the rededication of the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This happened in the 160s BCE/BC (before Jesus was born). ... During
Hanukkah, on each of the eight nights, a candle is lit in a special menorah (candelabra)
called a 'hanukkiyah'.
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