Today is the first day of Chunakkah also known as the festival of lights. It is an 8 day holiday beginning on the 25th of Kislev (The 9th month on the Jewish Calendar). This is the story of Chunakkah :

It started during the reign of Alexander the Great and Egypt, Syria and Israel. More than a century later his successor Antiochus IV was in control, He began to oppress the Jews severely, placing a Hellenistic priest in the temple, massacring Jews, prohibiting the practice of the Jewish religio...
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