The annual Hanukkah celebrations begin on Thursday when the Jewish community celebrates a legendary uprising dating back more than 2000 years.
The eight-day festival commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt, when Jews rose up against Greek-Syrian oppressors.
Back in 175 BC the Jewish religion was outlawed by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who desecrated the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
10 years later, in 165 BC, a rebellion was led by a priest and his family managed to defeat their oppressors. When they arrived to liberate the temple only one small jug of olive oil could be found to light the menorah.
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