Diwali isn’t the only festival of lights! The Jewish festival Hanukkah (which usually falls in December) is also called the Festival of Lights. It lasts for a whole eight days and celebrates the biggest miracle in Jewish history.

Two thousand years ago, the Greeks banned Jews from practising their religion in the way they wanted to. There was a huge war, which lasted three years, and was won by the Jews.

Hanukkah means dedication, and shows how committed the Jews were in winning their freedom. To celebrate their great victory, they lit an oil lamp (a menorah) in the temple. Although there was only enough oil to burn for a day, it burnt for an amazing eight days! That’s why to celebrate now, one candle a night is lit on a menorah in Jewish homes.

Every night, lucky children receive presents. And traditions include playing with spinning tops called dreidels, and eating tasty food like latkes (potato fritters).

There are four Hebrew letters on a dreidel. One stands for 'nothing', one for 'all', one for 'half' and one for 'put in'. You can play with sweets or points, and have to to take or add sweets from a pile in the middle, depending on how the dreidel lands when you spin it