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Benjamin Lowy for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 14, 2016 3:35 PM UTC [President Obama](http://time.com/4302043/barack-obama-2016-time-100/) is hosting his final [Hanukkah](http://time.com/4137849/hanukkah-lesson/) reception at the White House on Wednesday afternoon. For the final candle-lighting of his presidency to mark the Jewish holiday, Obama will use a menorah that belonged to the family of the late Israeli president [Shimon Peres](http://time.com/4490146/shimon-peres-israel-president-dead-obituary/), [_Haaretz_](http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.758556) reports. Peres’ son Chemi Peres and granddaughter Mika Almog have been invited. Hanukkah itself begins on the evening of Dec. 24\. The White House event is scheduled to take place at about 3:50 p.m. E.T. 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