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  • Reveal Your Hidden Light! This Hanukah piece contains a menorah that isn't obvious close-up, but is readily apparent as the view backs up a bit. The back depicts donuts, a Hanukah treat. (Private Collection)picasa
  • Oh Hanukkah, dear Hanukkah come light the Menorah.picasa
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  • Ultra Orthodox Jewish men light candles on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday that celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple at the time of the Maccabee rebellion. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)picasa
  • In Judaism, an eight-day festival of dedication and lights that takes place at the beginning of December. It celebrates the recapture of the Temple in Jerusalem from Antiochus IV of Syria in 164 BC by Judas Maccabaeus, and its rededication. During Hanukkah, candles are lit each night and placed in a nine-branched candlestick, or hanukkiah: this commemorates the Temple lamp that stayed miraculously lit for eight days on one day's supply of oil until a new supply could be made, demonstrating that God kept his covenant. There is one candle for each of the eight days (an extra candle being lit to mark each day), and a ninth with which to light the others. The lights of Hanukkah symbolize the faith that must not die.picasa
  • Antiochus IV had attempted to gain obedience from all his subjects by trying to force Jews living in Syria to give up Judaism and follow Greek customs. From 175 BC he forbade Jews their religion and desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem by setting statues of Zeus and other Greek gods on the altar, and ordering Jews to worship them. Many Jews were tortured and killed when they refused. A small group led by Judas Maccabaeus (Maccabi means 'hammer') took to guerrilla warfare. The conflict lasted for three years, but eventually the Temple was regained and cleansed. For Jews, this story reminds them of God's working in history, and reinforces the belief that, with faith and perseverance, a small number of people can overcome the might of a larger army. The story also demonstrates the importance of facing death to maintain one's religion. At Hanukkah, the family will gather round to light the candles or lamps and a Hanukkah baruchah (prayer) will be recited.picasa
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  • ** CORRECTS NAME OF RABBI ON RIGHT ** White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten second from left, Rabbis Abraham Shemtov, left, Levi Shemtov and Nachman Holtzberg right, wave after they light the National Hanukkah Menorah, at the Ellipse, near the White House, during a lighting ceremony marking the beginning of the celebration of the Hanukkah, Sunday Dec. 21, 2008.. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)picasa
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  • Alex and Amy Light the Candles - Chanuakah 2006picasa
  • Still made time to light candles for Hanukkah.picasa
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