Retired Col. Nelson L. Mellitz holds a Hanukkah card during a candle lighting ceremony at the Main Base Chapel, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, , Dec. 9, 2015. The Menorah used in the ceremony was used by Mellitz when he was deployed to Iraq to celebrate Hanukkah in December 2005 at the Embassy – one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces - in Baghdad. The event was co-sponsored by the Main Base Chapel and Jewish War Veterans Post 126. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, start
Retired Col. Nelson L. Mellitz holds a Hanukkah card during a candle lighting ceremony at the Main Base Chapel, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, , Dec. 9, 2015. The Menorah used in the ceremony was used by Mellitz when he was deployed to Iraq to celebrate Hanukkah in December 2005 at the Embassy – one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces - in Baghdad. The event was co-sponsored by the Main Base Chapel and Jewish War Veterans Post 126. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December. ( Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
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