Nir > Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day Jewish holiday observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second, and so on. The holiday marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration under Antiochus IV. Hanukkah commemorates the Miracle of the Oilthat occured at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days. Shot December 2006 in Jerusalem Israel.
Nir > Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day Jewish holiday observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second, and so on. The holiday marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration under Antiochus IV. Hanukkah commemorates the Miracle of the Oilthat occured at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days. Shot December 2006 in Jerusalem Israel.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906. Shown is a statue of the sleeping Virgin Mary light by a candle.
Nir > Worshipers in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day Jewish holiday observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second, and so on. The holiday marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration under Antiochus IV. Hanukkah commemorates the Miracle of the Oilthat occured at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days. Shot December 2006 in Jerusalem Israel.
Nir > Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day Jewish holiday observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second, and so on. The holiday marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration under Antiochus IV. Hanukkah commemorates the Miracle of the Oilthat occured at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days. Shot December 2006 in Jerusalem Israel.
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights is an eight-day Jewish holiday observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second, and so on. The holiday marks the re-dedication of the Temple after its desecration under Antiochus IV. Hanukkah commemorates the Miracle of the Oilthat occured at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated olive oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days. Shot December 2006 in Jerusalem Israel.
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