Tonight begins the first of eight days of celebration for Jews around the world. Along with special holiday foods cooked in oil, gift exchanges, and lighting of the menorah, they will remember the victory of the Maccabees in 165 B.C.E. Upon returning to the temple for its rededication the Jews found only one oil flask containing one day's oil remaining. They used the small bit of oil they had to light the Menorah, and found that the oil lasted for eight days.