Hanukkah (/ˈhɑːnəkə/ HAH-nə-kə; Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה Tiberian: Ḥănukkāh usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Chanukkah) also known as the Festival of Lights Feast of Dedication is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BCE.
The Maccabees successfully rebelled against Antiochus IV Epiphanes. According to the Talmud a late text the Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day's lighting.
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