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Hanukkah
Quick facts:
Date(2020): December 10 - December 18
Who is it celebrated by: Jewish people
Where is it celebrated: Anywhere in the world
Multiple spellings include:
Chanukah and Hanukah
Also known as the Festival of Lights
Celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks
Rededication of the Second Temple
Jerusalem in the 160s BCE
How it is celebrated:
Eight-night celebration
Miracle of the oil lasting for eight nights
One candle in the Menorah is lit each night
There are nine candles in all
The Shamash (the extra candle in the middle)
Used to light the others
Foods fried in oil such as:
latkes (potato pancakes) and jelly-filled donuts
Information found here
Traditional Menorah
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