Hanukkah

Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights or Festival of Dedication) is a Jewish holiday, it lasts for eight days and is usually celebrated in December around Christmastime.

There is no reference to Hanukkah in the Tanakh (the Hebrew version of the Old Testament). Rather, Hannukkah celebrates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem on November 21, 165 BC, as ordered by Judah Maccabee, shortly after Judea became an independent nation under the Maccabees..

Scriptural references

 * 2 Maccabees 1:18 (not recognized by Protestants)
 * John 10:22-23