A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. Seedling development starts with germination of the seed. A typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle (embryonic root), the hypocotyl (embryonic shoot), and the cotyledons (seed leaves). typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle (embryonic root), the hypocotyl (embryonic shoot), and the cotyledons (seed leaves).
The dates of Hanukkah in 2015 will begin on Sunday, December 6th and will continue for 8 days until Monday, December 14th. Hanukkah, or Chanukah, lasts for eight days. The eight days start on the 25th day of Kislev and end on the second day of Tevet from the Hebrew calendar. During Hanukkah, Jewish people remember their struggle for religious freedom.
There are eight days of Hanukkah. The Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) under Antiochus Epiphanes (2nd century BCE), at the instigation of the Hellenizers, had forbidden various Torah-practices such as Sabbath-observance and circumcision, rededicated the Jewish Temple to a Greek idol, and pressed the Jews to offer up sacrifices to the idol.