Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights) is celebrated in commemoration of this event.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was The Rededication of the Temple: The Origin of Hanukkah (164 BCE)?
- Judah Maccabee purified the Temple in Jerusalem of its Seleucid defilement and rededicated it; the legend of the eight-day miracle of the oil took shape in this period.
- When did The Rededication of the Temple: The Origin of Hanukkah (164 BCE) happen?
- 164 BCE
- Where did The Rededication of the Temple: The Origin of Hanukkah (164 BCE) take place?
- Kudüs