Hanukkah, The Festival of Lights is Underway Through December 20th
The annual eight-day festival of Hanukkah started Tuesday and lasts through December 20th. Rabbi Motti Seligson, of Chabad.org, says anyone can appreciate the core message of Hanukkah: Religious freedom. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of Jerusalem’s second Jewish Temple in the 160s BCE/BC. Hanukkah, translated from Hebrew and Aramaic, means “dedication.”