Hanukkah celebrations shine a light even during pandemic

Hanukkah celebrations shine a light even during pandemic
Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus, including in East Texas
By Erin Wides and Christian Terry | December 10, 2020 at 12:30 PM CST - Updated December 11 at 2:45 AM
EAST TEXAS (KTRE) - At sundown, Jewish people all over the world will be lighting the first candle on the menorah to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah is the ‘Festival of Lights.’ Rabbi Neal Katz at Congregation Beth El in Tyler said Hanukkah tells two stories.
“One is the story of a military victory about 2200 years ago, when a group of fighters called the Maccabees fought against the Syrian Greeks to fight for religious liberties, so that way they had access to their holy space, the temple that once stood in Jerusalem.”

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