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Why do we light candles for eight nights of Hanukkah?

Why do we light candles for eight nights of Hanukkah?

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 30, 2021 | Kislev, Tetzaveh, Chanukah, Temple

The holiday of Hanukkah is most famously identified with the story of the miracle of the single cruse of pure olive oil that burned for eight days. The story of Hanukkah does not appear in the Bible but it is told in the Talmud (Shabbat 21b). The story begins in...

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