Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C. after it was defiled by Syrian Greeks.

During Hanukkah, “each and every one of us has the opportunity, obligation, responsibility, to be that menorah, to be that shining light,” says Rabbi Mendy Heber of Chabad Williamsburg.

Every year the City of Ozark fills Finley River Park with a drive through light display. We learned a bit more about the annual tradition.