What is hannukkuh?

Answer 1

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century BCE. It celebrates the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days despite there only being enough for one day. Traditions include lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, and eating foods fried in oil, such as latkes and sufganiyot. Hanukkah usually falls in late November to late December, depending on the Hebrew calendar.