Known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C. The event occurred when Jews rose up against Greek-Syrian rulers in the Maccabean Revolt and drove them out of Jerusalem.
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights. This year, it begins at sundown on Thursday,December.7, 2023 and ends the evening of Friday, December.15, 2023
Aside from lighting the menorah, many families will give out gifts during Hanukkah, usually with a gift given each night of the holiday.
