HANUKKAH

EXPLANATION

• A festival of lights
• Celebrates one of the great military victories in jewish history
• Winter celebration (in our calendar)
• Lasts eight days

TIME FRAME

• In the jewish calender it is in Kislev
• In 165BCE the jews recaptured their temple
• They redirected it toward God

SYMBOLS

• Menorah- only enough oil for one day
• Lasted for eight days
• Chocolate coins, dreidel, a present a day

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