The 2021 date of the festival was Sunset, 28 November – nightfall, 6 December . 25 Kislev is when the festival begins . Hanukkah 2018 date was Sunset, 2 December – nightfall, 10 December . The 2020 date of the festival was Sunset, 10 December – nightfall, 18 December . Purim,as a rabbinically decreed holiday is related to Hanukkah . The official name of the festival Hanukkah is Hebrew:חֲנֻכָּה or חֲנוּכָּה . On 25 Kislev,26 Kislev,27 Kislev,28 Kislev,29 Kislev,30 Kislev,1 Tevet,2 Tevet,3 Tevet, Hanukkah is celebrated . Lighting candles each night. Singing special songs,such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel prayer. Eating foods fried in oil,such as latkes and sufganiyot,and dairy foods. Playing the dreidel game,and giving Hanukkah gelt are the celebrations of this festival . Jews observe Hanukkah festival . The 2019 date of the festival was Sunset, 22 December – nightfall, 30 December . 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet is when this festival ends  . Jewish is the type(s) Hanukkah festival . The Maccabees successfully rebelled against Antiochus IV Epiphanes. According,the Talmud, a late text, the Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day's lighting. are the significance of the Hanukkah festival
The festival is celebrated to mark Festival of Harvest,Traditional commemoration of the birth of Muhammad,Commemorating the three-day fast observed by the Jewish people in the story of Purim