Last year's Hanukkah post is here. It links to past Hanukkah posts with additional historical background. For PaleoJudaica posts in the last year that relate to Hanukkah, see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
UPDATE (6 December): additional Hanukkah-related 2021 posts are here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
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