State Senator Parker Sends Warm Greetings to Families Celebrating Hanukkah

 STATE SENATOR PARKER SENDS WARM GREETINGS TO FAMILIES CELEBRATING Hanukkah

“Wishing you a holiday season bright with joy & rich with memories during the Festival of Lights season”

(Brooklyn, NY) – Senator Parker wishes you and your family a very happy Hanukkah filled with peace and love. The Jewish faith celebrates Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights,  for eight days beginning at sundown December 11^th.

“Hanukkah is the celebration of miracles, a reminder that all things are possible,” Senator Parker said.  “As you celebrate the spirit of Hanukkah with friends and family, I wish you health, happiness and good fortune.”

The holiday celebrates a legendary victory of the Maccabees, a band of Jews, over a Greek army that occupied the Holy Land.  After the battle, the victorious Maccabees found only a one day supply of oil in the temple to light the lamps.  But the oil burned miraculously for eight days, the story goes.

Wishing you a festival of lights sparkling with fun and lit up with joy!

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