Feast of Light
nameEtymology
From the importance of candles or light in the celebration.
Definitions
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.
- We celebrate Hanukkah, the Feast of Light, in commemoration of the Maccabees' putting an end to the sinister oppression [...]
- Chanukah recounts the rededication of the Sanctuary which had been despoiled by the Greeks. The celebration of the eight-day Feast of Light recalls the victorious survival of the Sanctuary, not the courage of the Maccabees.
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