Some love the hustle and bustle and all things shiny associated with the wintertime Holidays. For some, it’s a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the messiah, the holy one whose very existence signifies hope and joy. For others, Hanukkah tells a story of a desperate battle fought and won by the Maccabees over the Greek army in 164 BC. The symbolic lighting of the menorah signifies the miracle the Maccabees received when, having only enough lamp oil for one more night, it stays lit for eight nights, marking the end of the battle and allowing the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerus...
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