Feast of Light

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English

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Etymology

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From the importance of candles or light in the celebration.

Proper noun

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Feast of Light

  1. (Judaism) Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.
    • 1940, Emily Solis-Cohen, Jr., Hanukkah: The Feast of Light, Jewish Publication Society:
    • 1942, Jewish Spectator, volume 7, page 46:
      We celebrate Hanukkah, the Feast of Light, in commemoration of the Maccabees' putting an end to the sinister oppression [...]
    • 1997, The collected writings, volume 7, →ISBN, page 200:
      Chanukah recounts the rededication of the Sanctuary which had been despoiled by the Greeks. The celebration of the eight-day Feast of Light recalls the victorious survival of the Sanctuary, not the courage of the Maccabees.

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