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Observance of Hanukkah

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The Talmud on Observance of Hanukkah

b. Shabbat 21b

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The sages taught [in a baraita]: The [basic] mitzvah of Hanukkah [is each day to have] a light [kindled by] a person, [the head of the household, for himself] and his household. And the mehadrin, [i.e…
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Hanukkah in Early Judaism

2nd Century BCE–6th Century CE
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Ancient Jewish Festivals

4th Century BCE–6th Century CE

The Israelite annual festivals originated as agricultural celebrations marking seasonal cycles. Over time, these observances were mythologized into a nation-forming narrative centered on the Exodus from Egypt and the revelation of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

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