betty buckley has received a hanukah present
a story similar in character and older in date is the one alluded to in 2 maccabees according to which the relighting of the altar fire by nehemiah was due to a miracle which occurred on the 25th of kislev and which appears to be given as the reason for the selection of the same date for the rededication of the altar by judah maccabee
 foods there is a custom of eating foods fried or baked in oil preferably olive oil to commemorate the miracle of a small flask of oil keeping the second temples menorah alight for eight days