Festival of Lights commemorating rededication of Second Holy Temple in Jerusalem at time of Maccabean Revolt

North African Chanukah festival of daughters. Called Eid al-Banat in Arabic, the holiday was most preserved in Tunisia https://hebcal.com/h/chag-habanot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah) Torah: Numbers 28:1-15, 7:42-47 […]