Why do we celebrate hanukkah?

Hanukkah is the annual Jewish festival celebrated on eight successive days beginning on the 25th day of Kislev, the third month of the Jewish calendar, corresponding, approximately, to December in the Gregorian calendar. It is also known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, and Feast of the Maccabees, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem by Judas Maccabee in 165 BC after the Temple had been profaned by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of Syria and overlord of Palestine.

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Why Do We Celebrate Hanukkah

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Why do we celebrate hanukkah?

In 165 BCE, the Jews were forced to worship an evil king's gods. The king drove the Jews out of their Holy Temple.

Judah Maccabee, a great hero of the Jewish people, along with a small group of fighters, fought back the king's armies. Judah led the people back to the Holy Temple to relight the menorah but he found only one jar of oil, enough to last for one night.

G-d performed a miracle and the oil lasted eight nights. That is why Chanukah is known as the Festival of Lights and is celebrated for eight days. It is a very festive holiday and one in which we are reminded of the great struggle that Jews had to overcome.

The holiday was called Hanukkah meaning "dedication" because it marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration under Antiochus IV. Spiritually, Hanukkah commemorates the Miracle of the Oil. According to the Talmud, at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days - which was the length of time it took to press, prepare and consecrate new oil

Hanukkah is the celebration of festival light. It is a hebrew celebration.

Chanukkah is probably one of the best known Jewish holidays, not because of any great religious significance, but because of its proximity to Christmas. Many non-Jews (and even many assimilated Jews!) think of this holiday as the Jewish Christmas, adopting many of the Christmas customs, such as elaborate gift-giving and decoration. It is bitterly ironic that this holiday, which has its roots in a revolution against assimilation and the suppression of Jewish religion, has become the most assimilated, secular holiday on our calendar.

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uhm, i believe it is cuz the maccabees were on the run or something, and they only had enough oil to light the lamp for one day, but it lasted for 8 days. thus,the eight days of hannukah; the oil lasted cuz of god's power and etc, of course, i'm christian, so the details are kinda fuzzy

The papacy is the oldest Intuition in the world .- How could it survived without the grace of God & the guidance of the Holy Spirit.........The Holy Spirtit did not convert to Islam in 610AD or Lutheranism in 1517AD or Calvinism in 1540s AD ...There's no comparisions

We English don't.