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EveryyearbetweentheendofNovemberandtheendofDecember,JewishpeoplearoundtheworldcelebratetheholidayofChanukah,theFestivalofLights.Chanukahbeginsonthe25thdayoftheHebrew(希伯来的)monthofKislev(历法：基色娄月，即犹太教历9月，犹太国历3月，在公历11、12月间，共29或30天),butthestartingdateonthewesterncalendarvariesfromyeartoyear.Theholidaycelebratestheeventswhichtookplaceover2,300yearsagointhelandofJudea（朱迪亚，古巴勒斯坦南部地区，包括今巴勒斯坦南部地区和约旦的西南部地区）,whichisnowIsrael.
JewscelebrateChanukahtomarkthevictoryovertheSyriansandtherededicationoftheJerusalemTemple.TheFestivaloftheLights,Chanukah,lastsforeightdaystocommemoratethemiracleoftheoil.ThewordChanukahmeans"rededication".
LongagointhelandofJudeatherewasaSyrianking,Antiochus.ThekingorderedtheJewishpeopletorejecttheirGod,theirreligion,theircustomsandtheirbeliefsandtoworshiptheGreekgods.Thereweresomewhodidastheyweretold,butmanyrefused.OnewhorefusedwasJudahMaccabee.
Judahandhisfourbrothersformedanarmyandchoseastheirnametheword"Maccabee",whichmeanshammer.Afterthreeyearsoffighting,theMaccabeeswerefinallysuccessfulindrivingtheSyriansoutofIsraelandreclaimedtheTempleinJerusalem（耶路撒冷大庙）.TheMaccabeeswantedtocleanthebuildingandtoremovethehatedGreeksymbolsandstatues.Onthe25thdayofthemonthofKislev,thejobwasfinishedandthetemplewasrededicated.
WhenJudahandhisfollowersfinishedcleaningthetemple,theywantedtolighttheeternallight,knownastheN’erTamid,whichispresentineveryJewishhouseofworship.Oncelit,theoillampshouldneverbeextinguished.
Onlyatinyjugofoilwasfoundwithonlyenoughforasingleday.Theoillampwasfilledandlit.Thenamiracleoccurredasthetinyamountofoilstayedlitnotforoneday,butforeightdays.
InAmerica,familiescelebrateChanukahathome.Theygiveandreceivegifts,decoratethehouse,entertainfriendsandfamily,eatspecialfoods,andlighttheholidaymenorah（犹太教神殿中用的大烛台）.