Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, celebrates ________.

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Hanukkah celebrates the return of the Second Temple to the Jews by Judah the Maccabee and his brothers after they defeated the Greek army, who had taken control of Jerusalem and desecrated the Temple. The festival is symbolized by the lighting of candles on a menorah for eight nights to commemorate the miracle of a small amount of oil lasting for eight nights in the Temple's menorah.

Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, Celebrates ________