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Hanukkah 2023 Begins at Sundown Thursday with Lighting of the First Candle
The National Menorah in 2022. Courtesy of the National Menorah Council Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, begins at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 7, with the lighting of the first candle. The holiday commemorates the re-dedication of the historic temple in Jerusalem following the Jews’ victory over a larger Syrian army in 165 BCE. It is the only Jewish holiday associated with a military victory. The date varies between late November and late December because the Jewish religious calendar is based on the cycles of both the Moon and Sun. In the United States, the holiday has evolved into a time for giving gifts to children and friends, and in some ways has become a Jew

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