How many nights does Hanukkah last?
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Hanukkah lasts for eight nights.
Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of lights. It is celebrated for eight nights and nine days, beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. The celebration commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after it was liberated from the Greeks in 165 BCE. It is celebrated by lighting a nine-branched menorah and eating special foods, such as latkes and sufganiyot.
Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of lights. It is celebrated for eight nights and nine days, beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. The celebration commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after it was liberated from the Greeks in 165 BCE. It is celebrated by lighting a nine-branched menorah and eating special foods, such as latkes and sufganiyot.
Hanukkah, also known as the "Festival of Lights," lasts for eight nights. It begins on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev and continues until the 2nd day of Tevet. It is celebrated to commemorate the Jewish victory over the Greeks and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem. Each night of Hanukkah, a candle is lit on a special Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, adding one candle each night until all eight are lit on the final night. Hanukkah is a joyous time for Jewish families, filled with games, gifts, and traditional foods such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly-filled donuts).