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When is Hanukkah and why is it so late in 2024?
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester's Jewish community will soon start celebrating Hanukkah, a Jewish celebration that is also often called the Festival of Lights.
It marks the rededication of the second temple in Jerusalem after Jewish rebels liberated the city from a Greek army led by King Antiochus.
A small band of Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, rose up and defeated the Greeks. After they liberated the second temple, a miracle was said to have happened.
A multi-branched candelabra known as a menorah was lit and despite the Maccabees only finding a small drop of oil, enough to burn for one day, the oil ended up lasting for eight nights – enough time for more oil to be resupplied.
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