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On the Biblical calendar the month of Kislev (כִּסְלֵו) is the ninth of the year (counting from Nisan), and also one of the "darkest," with the days progressively getting shorter and the nights getting longer. 

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Chanukah 1
(Kislev 25)Numbers 7:1-7:17Zech. 2:10-4:7
(only if Shabbat)John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

Chanukah 2
(Kislev 26)Numbers 7:18-7:29 John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

Chanukah 3
(Kislev 27)Numbers 7:24-7:35 John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

Chanukah 4
(Kislev 28)Numbers 7:30-7:41 John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

Chanukah 5
(Kislev 29)Numbers 7:36-7:47 John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

Chanukah 6
(Kislev 30)Numbers 28:1-17;
Numbers 7:54-59Num. 28:1-15
(Rosh Chosesh Tevet)John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

Chanukah 7
(Tevet 1)Numbers 7:48-7:59 John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

Chanukah 8
(Tevet 2)Numbers 7:54-8:41 Kings 7:40-50
(only if 2nd Shabbat)John 9:1-7;
John 10:22-39

The Hebrew word Chanukah (חֲנֻכָּה) means "dedication" and marks an eight day winter celebration that commemorates the victory of faith over the ways of speculative reason, and demonstrates the power of the miracle in the face of mere humanism.

On the first night of Chanukah one flame is lit, on the second night two, and so on until the eighth night when eight flames are lit. In this way we remember the 'growth' of the miracle.

Because Chanukah is an eight-day holiday, there has to be at least one day when Shabbat and Chanukah overlap (called "Shabbat Chanukah") 

May we all take time to reflect upon the profound gift of the One who was so great that He emptied Himself of all His regal glory and power-

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