Begins the previous sundown at 6pm. The Festival of Lights is celebrated for eight days.

Approximately in 164 B.C., Maccabees, a small group of Jews fighting for religious freedom won victory over the Syrians. The legend goes that to rededicate the Temple, they found only one jar of holy oil and miraculously the candelabra remained lit for 8 days.

An eight candle menorah is lit.