At the Hanukkah table, oil takes center stage.
Observed this year from Dec. 2 to Dec. 10, the holiday commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago, after the Jews revolted against and drove out their Greek-Syrian oppressors. As the story goes, they found only enough oil to light the Temple’s menorah for one night—but it miraculously burned for eight.
