Happy Hanukkah!

Hanukkah (/ˈhɑːnəkə/ HAH-nə-kə; Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, Tiberian: Ḥănukkāh, usually spelled חנוכה, pronounced /χanuˈka/ in Modern Hebrew; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah, Chanukkah or [Chanuˈkah]), also known as the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

This year Hanukkah begins at sunset tonight. It will  overlap with Thanksgiving here in the States, something that will not happen again, so I hear, for something like 70,000 years. So those of you who get to celebrate both, have an extra good time!

As I have pointed out before to my Christian friends and family, Hanukkah is mentioned in the Gospel of John (10:22-23) under the title of the Feast of the Dedication.