| The Jews under become Seleucid vassals but retain religious autonomy | This inaugurates a period of population growth and religious, cultural and social development |
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| Among the tendency is for every male member of the household and in many families, girls as well to light a full set of lights each night, while among the prevalent custom is to have one set of lights for the entire household | However, they must remain lit through the lighting of the Shabbat candles |
| If for whatever reason one didn't light at sunset or nightfall, the lights should be kindled later, as long as there are people in the streets | The tradition of giving Chanukah gelt dates back to a long-standing East European custom of children presenting their teachers with a small sum of money at this time of year as a token of gratitude |
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| Throughout the nineteenth century some Jews tried various ways to adapt Judaism to American life | The above account in 1 Maccabees, as well as 2 Maccabees portrays the feast as a delayed observation of the eight-day Feast of Booths ; similarly 2 Maccabees explains the length of the feast as "in the manner of the Feast of Booths" |