With a name meaning "Rededication," FTP name this Jewish holiday that commemorates the rebellion of the Maccabees and the miraculous eight-day endurance of a small vial of oil.
The sect of Judaism known as Chasidism takes its name from one of the two groups commemorated on this holiday, although there is no direct connection. The other group was a nationalist organization lead by Matthias the Hasmonean and his son that mounted a revolution against the Seleucid King Antiochus IV, who had massacred Jews and desecrated the temple by sacrificing pigs. To avoid scrutiny by the Greek guards, the Jews hid their Torahs and pretended to be playing a game involving an object marked with the Hebrew letters Nun, Gimmel, Heh and Shin, a game still played today. With a name meaning "Rededication," FTP name this Jewish holiday that commemorates the rebellion of the Maccabees and the miraculous eight-day endurance of a small vial of oil.
The sect of Judaism known as Chasidism takes its name from one of the two groups commemorated on this holiday, although there is no direct connection.
Chanukkah (Clear your throat, it's a guttural Ch, not an aspirated H)