8 Reasons Hanukkah is a Kick-Ass Holiday
“Hanukkah” is derived from the Hebrew verb “חנך”, meaning “to dedicate,” and celebrates the Maccabean Jews regaining control of Jerusalem and rededication of their Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 165 BCE. As the Jews went to light the temple’s menorah, a form of candleabra, to commemorate this occurrence, they found only a single flask of … Keep reading..