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AE 1168 - Interview - Testing My Cultural Awareness with Charlie Baxter - Part 2

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Is Hanukkah the Jewish New Year?

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and usually takes place in September or October according to the Lunar calendar. Hanukkah commemorates the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the second temple at the beginning of the... I'm going to butcher this word, Maccabean. Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the second century BCE. So it has nothing to do with Christmas, but it is on Sunday the 18th of December and ends on the 26th of December so it's around the same time.

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