8 Chanukah Mysteries Revealed (continued)
by David Holzel
2. So why is Chanukah 8 days (nights) long?
The first Chanukah celebration lasted eight days, in imitation of the eight-day fall harvest holiday called Sukkot (the festival of Huts), which the Maccabees had not been able to celebrate in their mountain redoubts. Jewish holidays begin at sundown because that’s when the new day begins, according to the Jewish calendar.
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