Tonight we light the first candle of #Hanukkah , symbolizing the victory of light over darkness. Want to know more? Tune in for an 8-days #thread 🕎🍩✨and may this holiday be a sparkle of joy, hope, and blessings in these challenging times. (🕯️/) #HappyHanukkah

#Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Temple in #Jerusalem after a successful Jewish rebellion against the Seleucids, and a miraculously 8-days long lasting flame 🔥 of the #Menorah🕎,that continues to serve as a symbol of hope and perseverance. (🕯️🕯️/) 📸Erez Vansover

Speaking of the #Menorah 🕎, #DYK it is so significant in #Jewish tradition, symbolizing the ideal of universal enlightenment, that it has become the official emblem of the State of #Israel? The olive branches represent 🇮🇱 aspiration for #peace 🕊️ (🕯️🕯️🕯️/) #HanukkahSameach

To commemorate the miracle of the cruse of oil that lasted 8 days and kept the flame 🔥 of the #Menorah alive, we traditionally eat foods fried in oil, usually latkes (potato pancakes 🥞) or #sufganiyot, doughnuts taken to the next level🍩🚀 (🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️/) #HappyHanukkah

And of course, we light #Hanukkah candles. On each of the holiday’s 8⃣ nights, another 🕯️ is added. While the initial 🔥 is not diminished, it creates a greater light, symbolizing that when sharing, our portion is not diminished, but enlarged. (🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️/) 📸Erez Vansover

Another #Hanukkah tradition is to spin the dreidel, a spinning top featuring four Hebrew letters. #DYK the letters change according to your location? They stand for "A great miracle✨ happened here / there", depending on whether you are in #Israel or not. (🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️/)

#DYK that there is an open argument on who has the longest dreidel spin? Two @NASA 🇺🇸 Jewish astronauts 👨‍🚀👨‍🚀, J. Hoffman and D. Wolf, observed #Hanukkah in space 🌌 in different missions. One of the weightless dreidels was found still spinning days later 🚀 (🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️/)