Gov. Greg Abbott hosts Hanukkah lighting ceremony at Texas Capitol

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Sunday night, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will light the ninth candle as part of a Hanukkah celebration.

Community celebrates first menorah lighting in downtown Buda for Hanukkah

In the Jewish faith, Hanukkah is an eight-day "festival of lights" is held each year commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the 160s BC, CNN explains. The rededication symbolized Jews of the area being able to worship again after Judaism was outlawed by King Antiochus IV.