When looking at Hanukkah, many Christians connect this celebration with John 10 when Jesus was in the temple at the time of the “feast of dedication”. But why was He there and what was He celebrating? While Hanukkah is viewed as a more secular holiday on the Jewish calendar, I would argue that it is actually one of the most spiritual and one that Jesus understood. The heart of this feast actually begins in the Torah with Phinehas, during a time of repentance for the idol wor