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Happy Holidays 2006
Menorah lighting, Hanukkah dinner Sunday
By GAIL HOLLENBECK
Published December 16, 2006
BEVERLY HILLS - Congregation Beth Sholom will host its annual Hanukkah dinner at 6 p.m. Sunday. The dinner will be preceded by the outdoor candle lighting ceremony, when the Hanukkah menorah will be lit. The lighting of the Hanukkah menorah is a celebration that commemorates the Jewish victory over the Syrians and a miracle that occurred at the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem around 164 B.C., when it was discovered that the lights had remained lit for eight days with just one small cruse of oil. The holiday begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, but the starting date on the western calendar varies from year to year. This year Congregation Beth Sholom began celebrating Hanukkah on Friday and will continue through Dec. 23.
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