For our Jewish brothers, eight days of celebration are starting today in honour of the Feast of HANUKKAH, or CHANUKKAH.
It is a celebration of LIGHT in THANKSGIVING for an important event in the life of their people. The event took place long ago for the people of Israel but the memory of it is still kept year after year. Details of what took place are available in the Bible in the first book of Maccabees 4:36-59.
The eight-day celebration in 2023 is from December 7th to 15th.