On the evening of Sunday, December 18, 2022, the Jewish people will begin the festival of Hanukkah, which tradition has given various names: the Festival of Lights, the Festival of Faith, the Festival of Dedication, and the Festival of the Miracle; beginning a few minutes after sunset with the lighting of the first of the eight candles, which—one per day and always using the central candle of the special nine-branched menorah—are lit over the following eight days.