On December 25, 2016
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Hanukkah (Chanukah)
Starts on Sunday 25.12.2016
Ends on Sunday 1.1.2017
Religion: Judaism
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorates the recapture and rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the time of the Greeks. Oil lasted for 8 days and nights. Lights are kindled on a 9 branched candlestick.