Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Roman Triumphal Arch panel copy from Beth Hatefutsoth, showing spoils of Jerusalem Temple, including the Menorah / Derivative Work: Steerpike (talk) Arc_de_Triumph_copy.jpg: user: בית השלום, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hanukkah is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the Jewish calendar. Commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple after the Maccabean Revolt threw off the yoke of the Seleucid Empire, it is a relatively late festival with origins from Classical Antiquity rather than the Five Books of Moses. Still, this festivity of freedom, extraordinarily long-lasting oil, and obligatory dreidel games has its basis around objects and activities that had simple, functional uses in the Tabernacle and later the Temple itself.