Hanukkah

Hanukkah, being known as the Festival of Lights, is a eight-day Jewish holiday. It commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt.
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a nine branched candelabrum called menorah. One candle called  shamash which is higher than the other eight candles usually is lit firstly, and then on each night one of the rest is lit by shamash. Before the candles are lit, blessings and prayer are resited.
There is a custom of eating foods fried or baked in oil to commemorate the miracle of a small flask of oil keeping burning for eight days. Traditional foods include potato pancakes and jam-filled doughnuts.
In celebration of Hanukkah, Jewish children often play a game called dreidel. The dreidel is a four-sided spinning top imprinted with one Hebrew letter on each side. It is customary in many homes to play the dreidel game after lighting the Hanukkah menorah.