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Show CIIXKi IS BEING CELEBRATEOBY JEWS Feast of Dedication On and Covers a Period of Eight Days. The Channklcah, thc feast of dedication, dedica-tion, one of thc most Interesting holidays in the Jewish calendar, began Tuesday evening, December and avIH extend over u. period of eight days. Though not observed by special services In tho synagogues, It is eagerly looked forward to by the Jewish children, for in a large measure it has become a children's chil-dren's festival. Tho historical background of thc celebration cele-bration Is found in the fact that In the year 1GI5 B. C. Judas Maccabeus, one of the few martial heroes of Jewish history, his-tory, rcdedlcated to the sen-ices of tho one God. the tcmplo at Jerusalem after Its pollution by Antlochus Eplphanes, .who hud seUup In place of God's altar, a shrine to his heathen god. Just three years after this pollution, on the 2Gtli day or thc month of Kisley, thc temple was reclaimed and rcdedlcated to the service of Gofl. Around the festival cluster many bcau-ful bcau-ful legends, which have helped to shape the character of thc celebration. One legend is to the effect that when the temple waa rcdedlcated, onlv- a single cruse of oil was founu unpolluted, but through the miraculous Intervention of God this oil proved to be sufficient for eight successive nights, and until other oil fitted for thc service might be pre pared. I'or this reason, to this day, Jews light candles in their homes' in celebration of Chanukknh for eight successive suc-cessive nights one on the first night, two on the second, and no on. Thc feast of Chanukknh Is a time for rejoicing not only on Iho part of the children, but as well on the part of thc poor, who arc always liberally remembered. re-membered. Chanukknh services will be held in Tcmplo B'nal Israel, on Fourth East street, at 8 o'clock tonight. The children of thc Sabbath school will also conduct n service of their own In the presence of tho congregation. The programme follows: fol-lows: Pilm Berenice Hirschman Prayer Leslie Samuels Hymn Synagogue Choir Light - Gertrudo S'egll Lighting the candles..' Jin:? Klein, Maxino Well, Robert Lehman. Rosalia Baron, Ham Rosenbloom. Carolyn Rosenborg. Rosen-borg. Edward Rosenbaum and Emily Sweet. "Hymn Synagogue Choir Chanukknh Florence Market, Herbert Roso'n-berg Roso'n-berg and Sarah Frank. Beuedicllon Robert Ganz |