Who are the Jewish people, and what does it mean to be Jewish? One wonderful holiday—Hanukkah—answers these questions! Many people think that Hanukkah is a holiday of light and oil for the menorah. «The menorah burned for eight days on oil that was supposed to last only one day,» people usually say. That’s supposedly why we light the Hanukkah menorah for eight days in a row and eat cookies baked with oil. But the true story of the holiday and its meaning are completely different! Here’s what we find about Hanukkah in the Books of Maccabees…