Rabbi Asher Ben Haim lights the first Hanukkah candle during a ceremony marking the beginning of the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah in Haifa, north Israel, on Dec. 8, 2012. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the second century B.C.. The festival is celebrated this year from sunset Saturday, Dec. 8, until sunset Sunday, Dec. 16. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

A boy enjoys Hanukkah sufganiot during a ceremony marking the beginning of the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah in Haifa, north Israel, on Dec. 8, 2012. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the second century B.C.. The festival is celebrated this year from sunset Saturday, Dec. 8, until sunset Sunday, Dec. 16. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)