Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the 2nd century BCE. This eight-day celebration is observed in late November or December, and is a joyous time for Jews around the world. The story of Hanukkah dates back to the period of Greek rule over the Jewish people. In the year 168 BCE, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Greek king of Syria, outlawed Jewish religious practices and defiled the Temple i...
