25 December
Hanukkah begins
Also called ‘Chanukah’, ‘Festival of Lights’, ‘Feast of Dedication’, ‘Feast of the Maccabees’, marks the beginning of the 8-day Jewish festival commemorating recapture of the Holy Temple in the 2nd century BCE by a small, determined band of Jewish people from the Syrian-Greek army, one of the mightiest armies on earth at the time. On each evening of the festival, an additional flame is lit on a menorah holding 9 candles… Click here to register to read more.