The Origin of this
Festival --Its origin and duration--The 'Hallel' sung on each day of its duration; the
people carried palm branches, and there was a grand illumination of the Temple and of
private houses--Suggestion that the date of Christmas was taken from this feast--Practice
as to the illumination
The Feast of
Wood-offering --The Feast of the Wood-offering on the last of the nine seasons of the
year, when such offerings were brought in the Temple--Rabbinical accounts of its origin