ocr: Hanukkah History - Kislev Connection Hanukkah means dedication in Hebrew. Specifically, it refers to the re-dedication of the temple after it was desecrated by the Syrians in the second century BCE. lt is also the festival of ligbts" for it was during the re-dedication of the temple that the miracle of the oil took place. Possessing only enough oil for one day, the Maccabees were amazed to find the oil burning eigbt days later! ltist this story that gives rise to the custom of lighting the menorah for eight consecutive nights beginning on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Kislev. Kislev is ...
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