
Hanukkah 2022: Here's how the Festival of Lights is celebrated
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The first day of Hanukkah 2022 started on Sunday Dec. 18. Here's a look at how Jewish people celebrate the Festival of Lights which this year, will end on Monday, Dec. 26.
According to National Geographic, the Talmud, a Jewish holy text, states that Hanukkah acknowledges the Maccabean revolt the Hebrews led against the Hellenistic influence that was being imposed by Greco-Syrian Seleucid rulers. Cortney Moore is an associate lifestyle writer on the Lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
The holy text reportedly goes on to say that a miracle of light occurred when Judah rededicated the Temple after the revolt. A single intact vial of oil was found inside the desecrated temple and it burned for eight nights, according to the Talmud. Several millennia later, Hanukkah still celebrates the miraculous moment when light reportedly overcame darkness.