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Hanukkah is the feast of the re-dedication of the Temple at Jerusalem. This feast is not mentioned in the Old Testament as it occurred between the time of the last book (Malachi), and before the time of Jesus. This period of time is often called the 400 ‘silent years’. The Feast of Hanukkah, or Feast of Dedication was instituted in 165 BC when Israel defeated the armies of Antiochus Epiphanes who had desecrated the Temple ten years earlier. THE LAST SIX MONTHS However, the Feast of Hanukkah, called the Feast of Dedication, is mentioned in the New Testament (John 10:22). It came in November/December after the Feast of Tabernacles, which was in September/October, and before the Feast of Passover in March/April of the next year. Jesus made visits to these three Feasts at the Temple at Jerusalem in the last six months of his ministry. Jesus placed an intense focus on the Temple during this time of his ministry, and it was his prophetic statement about the Temple being destroyed that was used to condemn him at his