
Hanukkah, “festival of lights,” begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev and continues for eight days. Hanukkah begins the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024, and goes until the evening of Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024.
Hanukkah is described in the Jewish Talmud. According to Chabad.org, after the Jewish people reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, “they sought to light the Temple’s Menorah (the seven-branched candelabrum), [but] found only a single cruse of olive oil had escaped contamination by the Greeks. Miraculously, they lit the menorah and the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity.” (footnote: The Pioneer Woman and Chabad.org)
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