Yesterday at sundown, the Jewish holiday Hanukkah began. Hanukkah marks the Maccabees’ unlikely victory over religious oppression by King Antiochus (around 165 B.C.E.) and the miracle that their temple's oil-lit flame burned far longer than it should have.
How many nights are celebrated during Hanukkah, when people light menorah candles to honor that triumph and the miracle that followed?
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Yesterday at sundown, the Jewish holiday Hanukkah began. Hanukkah marks the Maccabees’ unlikely victory over religious oppression by King Antiochus (around 165 B.C.E.) and the miracle that their temple's oil-lit flame burned far longer than it should have.
How many nights are celebrated during Hanukkah, when people light menorah candles to honor that triumph and the miracle that followed?
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