Hanukkah: Significance, Traditions, and Comparison with Christmas
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays, symbolizing resilience, faith, and the miraculous. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem following the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE. It is an eight-day celebration filled with traditions,…