The Halakhah is the path that someone walks. The Halakhah shows gratitude to God and gives the people of the religion a feeling of identity. Aside from the Halakhah, the entire religion looks at significant events in one’s life. A big part of the religion is the festivities and family. Hanukkah is the probably the most important holiday. It is the Festival of Lights that remembers the rededication of the second Jewish temple, which happened in 160 BCE. Hanukkah lasts about 8 days, and happens annually around the same time as Christmas. Hanukkah is a holiday because in about 200 BCE, Israel was a state under Greek law. There was a ruler named Antiochus IV that wanted Jewish people to become more Greek but most didn't want to. He then stopped
