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Feast of Light en · PROPN

Etymology

From the importance of candles or light in the celebration.

Meanings

1. (Judaism) Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.
   • We celebrate Hanukkah, the Feast of Light, in commemoration of the Maccabees' putting an end to the sinister oppression [...] 1942, Jewish Spectator, volume 7, page 46:
   • Chanukah recounts the rededication of the Sanctuary which had been despoiled by the Greeks. The celebration of the eight-day Feast of Light recalls the victorious survival of the Sanctuary, not the courage of the Maccabees. 1997, The collected writings, volume 7, →ISBN, page 200:

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Festival of Lights