{"id":1056,"date":"2011-12-26T19:52:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T00:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2011-12-22T10:30:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T15:30:53","slug":"so-you-dont-understand-hanukkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2011\/12\/so-you-dont-understand-hanukkah.html","title":{"rendered":"So, you don&#8217;t understand Hanukkah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, you&#8217;ve always wondered what Hanukkah is all about? Well, during a\u00a0time of terrible\u00a0conflict in Israel,\u00a0there wasn&#8217;t enough oil to keep the lights on in Jerusalem&#8217;s Temple.<\/p>\n<p>But by God&#8217;s miracle, darkness did not prevail. 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