A candle is placed in the center with four candles on both sides forming a pattern. The candle at the center is to provide light to the other candles. This arrangement is called the Menorah.

It is said that there was oil for just one night. However, to the amusement of the Jews, the light burned for eight days. To celebrate this, the holiday is held for eight nights.

David Ben Gurion was the Prime Minister of Israel when the Menorah was lit at the White House for the first time.

The largest of the Menorah is situated at the Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York. The lighting at this place is 32 ft. high and weighs 4000 pounds.

The first President to have celebrated Hanukkah in the White House was Harry Truman. He was gifted a Menorah by the then Prime Minister of Israel.

The word ‘Hanukkah’ is derived from Hebrew, which is the old language of the Jews. It means ‘to teach’ or ‘Hinuch' (in Hebrew).

The festival of ‘Hanukkah’ marks the celebration of the Maccabees, a group of rebel Jews, on the day they laid claim to their temples from the Greek-Syrians.

The food prepared during Hanukkah is fried as a symbol for the miracle oil that burned for eight days.

A candle is placed in the center with four candles each on all four sides forming a pattern. The candle at the center is to provide light to the other candles. This central candle is called the Shamash.

David Ben Gurion was the Prime Minister of Israel when the Menorah was lit at the White House for the first time in 1951.