What Jewish festival happens in December and lasts for 8 days?
Hanukkah (another transliteration is: Chanuka) is also called the “festival of lights” and can occur as early as late November or later through December (using the Gregorian calendar). The holiday celebrates a miracle recorded in the Talmud, when one night’s supply of olive oil fueled the “eternal flame” in the Temple of Jerusalem for eight days, during its re-dedication following the victory of the Maccabees over the forces of Antiochus IV.
