Why Hanukkah 2015 is called Festival of Lights | Happy Hanukkah Dreidel

Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights and it remembers the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This happened in the 160bc. Hanukkah is the Jewish word for 'dedication'. Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days and starts on the 25th of Kislev, the month in the Jewish calendar that occurs at about the same time as December or November ,the wintry days. Because the Jewish calendar is lunar , Kislev can happen from late November to late December.

In 2015, Hanukkah is from in the evening of Sunday, 6th December until the evening of Monday, 14th December.

every eight nights, a candle is lit in a menorah candelabra. There is a special ninth candle called the 'shammash'  which is used to light the other candles. The shammash is often in the center of the other candles and has a higher position. On the first night one candle is lit, on the second night and so on till eight nights. Traditionally they are lit from left to right. A special blessing, thanking God, is said before or after lighting the candles and a special Jewish hymn is often sung. The menorah is put in the front window of houses so people passing can see the lights and remember the story of Hanukkah. probably all Jewish family and households have a special menorah and celebrate Hanukkah.The places where candles are not allowed to be lit the battery Hanukkah is place alike one them hospitals.

Why Hanukkah 2015 is called Festival of Lights

Nearly 2,200 years ago, the Greek-Syrian ruler Antiochus IV tried to force Greek culture upon peoples in his territory. Jews in Judea - now Israel- were forbidden their most important religious practices as well as study of the Torah. Although vastly outnumbered, religious Jews in the region took up arms to protect their community and their religion. Led by Mattathias the Hasmonean, and later his son Judah the Maccabee, the rebel armies became known as the Maccabees.

After three years of fighting, in the year 3597, or about 165 B.C.E., the Maccabees victoriously reclaimed the temple on Jerusalem's Mount Moriah. Next they prepared the temple for rededication -- in Hebrew, Hanukkah means "dedication." In the temple they found only enough purified oil to kindle the temple light for a single day. But miraculously, the light continued to burn for eight days.

So to celebrate this miracle Hanukkah Candles known as Memorah is been lit for 9 days and this miracle of light is celebrated and thay why Hanukkah is known as festival of light.


Thanks to all of you  and hope today you have understand  Why Hanukkah 2015 is called Festival of Lights and i wish you all a very Happy Hanukkah 2015 God bless you and fulfill your wishes on this Jewish Festival Of Lights. Enjoy and wish your friends.

Hanukkah is also a time for giving and receiving presents and gifts are often given on each night. Lots of games are played during the time of Hanukkah. The most popular is 'dreidel', light hearted gambling game played by kids. The four letter are the first letter of the phrase 'Nes Gadol Hayah Sham' which means 'A great miracle happened there' .Player put a coin, nut or chocolate coin in a pot and the top is spun. happy festive eve.

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