The holiday was called Hanukkah ( meaning " dedication ") because it marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration by Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

The beginning of the book includes two letters sent by Jews in Jerusalem to Jews of the Diaspora in Egypt concerning the feast day set up to celebrate the purification of the temple ( see Hanukkah ) and the feast to celebrate the defeat of Nicanor.

Following the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid empire, the Second Temple was rededicated and became the religious pillar of the Jewish Hasmonean kingdom, as well as culturally associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

* Even after the Miracle of Purim, the Jews remained subjects of the Persian Empire, whereas on Hanukkah, as a result of the victory of the Maccabees, the Jews gained their independence from the Seleucid kings.

Hanukkah celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple after the successful Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy.

; 167 – 161 BCE: The Maccabees ( Hasmoneans ) revolt against the Hellenistic Empire of Seleucids, led by Judah Maccabee, resulting in victory and installation of the Hanukkah holiday.

The Gemara, in tractate Shabbat 21, focuses on Shabbat candles and moves to Hanukkah candles and says that after the forces of Antiochus IV had been driven from the Temple, the Maccabees discovered that almost all of the ritual olive oil had been profaned.

The family celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas, and Stiller had a Bar Mitzvah.

" The celebratory festival of Hanukkah is instituted: " When the fire had been kindled anew upon the altar and the lamps of the candlestick lit, the dedication of the altar was celebrated for eight days amid sacrifices and songs.

While the children are initially disappointed at their gifts, their realization that Hanukkah Harry had helped Santa, makes them recognize that " Christians and Jews, deep down, are pretty much the same.

Six months prior to the Kielce pogrom, during the celebration of Hanukkah, a hand grenade had been thrown into the headquarters of the local Jewish community.

Hanukkah is not mentioned in the Bible and was never considered a major holiday in Judaism, but it has become much more visible and widely celebrated in modern times, mainly because it falls around the same time as Christmas and has national Jewish overtones that have been emphasized since the establishment of the State of Israel.

President Truman in the Oval Office, receiving a Menorah ( Hanukkah ) | Menorah as a gift from the Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion ( center ).

sufganiyot סופגניות ) in Israel, have become a traditional Hanukkah food in the recent era, as they are cooked in oil, associated with the holiday account of the miracle of the oil.

The oil for cooking the latkes is symbolic of the oil from the Hanukkah story that kept the Second Temple of ancient Israel lit with a long-lasting flame that is celebrated as a miracle.

Despite the popularity of latkes and tradition of eating them during Hanukkah, they are hard to come by in stores or restaurants in Israel, having been largely replaced by the Hanukkah doughnut due to local economic factors, convenience and the influence of trade unions.

Handel's Judas Maccabaeus was often performed in the Land of Israel, with the motif of " conqu ' ring hero " becoming a Hanukkah song.

Hanukkah Harry is portrayed on the show as a variation upon the modern-day image of Santa Claus, with a beard characteristic of a male adherent of Haredi Judaism, and with his clothes in blue with white edges ( the colors of the flag of Israel ).

Eleazar's heroism was commemorated in a Hanukkah coin issued by the Bank of Israel in 1961.

It is a Jewish prayer recited on all seven days of Sukkot, on Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah ), on Shavuot, on the first two days of Pesach ( only the first day in Israel ), and on the eight days of Hanukkah.

:" For Hanukkah at the synagogue Beith Sheer Chayyim, Isaac donned his talis that Yitzchak sent him from Bet Qehila in Tsfat, Israel.

In Israel, a version of the pastry called sufganiyah is traditionally consumed during the holiday of Hanukkah.

U. S. President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office, receiving a Hanukkah Menorah as a gift from the Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion ( center ).

Many museums have notable collections of Hanukkah menorot, including the Israel Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Jewish Museum, which owns the Lindo lamp.

Sufganiyot are widely consumed in Israel in the weeks leading up to and including the Hanukkah holiday.

While potato pancakes ( latkes or levivot ) are also eaten in Israel, sufganiyot are considered a more " Israeli " Hanukkah treat.

Angel Bakeries, the largest bakery in Israel, reportedly fries up more than 250, 000 sufganiyot every day during the eight-day Hanukkah festival.

Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

The name " Hanukkah " derives from the Hebrew verb "", meaning " to dedicate ".

The story of Hanukkah, along with its laws and customs, is entirely missing from the Mishna apart from several passing references ( Bikkurim 1: 6, Rosh HaShanah 1: 3, Taanit 2: 10, Megillah 3: 4 and 3: 6, Moed Katan 3: 9, and Bava Kama 6: 6 ).

This work ( also known as " Megillat HaHasmonaim ", " Megillat Hanukkah " or " Megillat Yevanit ") is in both Aramaic and Hebrew ; the Hebrew version is a literal translation from the Aramaic original.

Davey rushes into the burning trailer to rescue a Hanukkah card from his late parents, then watches the trailer go up in smoke.

Among the 4. 3 million American Jews described as " strongly connected " to Judaism, over 80 % have some sort of active engagement with Judaism, ranging from attendance at daily prayer services on one end of the spectrum to attending Passover Seders or lighting Hanukkah candles on the other.

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In 2002, she released a CD of her story " The Golden Dreydl: A Klezmer Nutcracker ," which uses music from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's " The Nutcracker " to tell a Hanukkah story.

Hanukkah Lamp, Lemberg ( Lviv, Ukraine ), 1867-72 from the collection of The Jewish Museum ( New York )

So the candles are placed in the Hanukkah menorah from right to left and kindled from left to right.

* Hanukkah Lamps from the collection of The Jewish Museum ( New York )

Hill notes that this might be a reference to the hiding of the Hanukkah lamp to protect it from desecration.

The group advocates removing religious symbols from public life, and thus filed a brief against allowing public displays of the menorah during Hanukkah in County of Allegheny v. ACLU.

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