How many days is Hanukkah?

How long is Hanukkah? Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish recognition that recollects the Jewish individuals' battle for the religious opportunity. Why are there 8 days of Hanukkah?

To know the answer we should read the history of the festival. Read the story of Hanukkah given below.

Before that:

Let's take a look at When Is Hanukkah (Chanukah) Celebrated in 2019.

Chanukah (Hanukkah) starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev.

The festival will commence from the evening of 22nd December 2019 and will see its end on 30th December 2019.

Why is Hanukka important?

Read the story of Hanukkah to understand the importance of Hanukkah.

Alexander the Great progressed toward becoming lord of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon in 336 BCE after his dad's demise. Under his rule, Macedon (also called Macedonia) vanquished Syria, Egypt, and Palestine, and enabled these nations' occupants to watch their own religions and remain moderately self-governing. Alexander the Great's successor, in any case, a Syrian-Greek ruler named Antiochus, practiced a stricter association with these nations and started to abuse the Jews by prohibiting Jewish customs and requesting them to venerate Greek divine beings.

These controls incensed the Jews, and they chose to battle back. Driven by Judah Maccabee, the Jews battled their Greek-Syrian oppressors for a long time, and in the end prevailing with regards to driving them out of Judea in the Maccabean Revolt. A short time later, the Jews reestablished the Temple of Jerusalem and got out the Temple by expelling every Greek image. At the point when this was done, Judah and his supporters celebrated by lighting an oil light. Since the Greeks had polluted the sanctuary, there was sufficiently just oil left for one day. Incredibly, the light stayed lit for eight days.

Hanukkah initially was not a religious occasion. It is the main Jewish occasion that isn't said in the Torah. Truth be told, it wasn't until the 1920s that Jews in the United States began giving more significance to the occasion, in the wake of viewing their kindred Americans observing Christmas. The Hanukka festival now became the important festival in united stated for Jewish people.