Dedication marking the covenant of Creation: "when the heavens
and earth were completed" (Bereshit/Genesis 2:1); "completed"
refers to dedication, as it is written "and when the work of
the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was completed" (Exodus
39).
Moshe's dedication, "on the day Moses completed building the
tabernacle" (Numbers 7).
The dedication of the First Temple, as it is written "A psalm
and song at the dedication of the House of David" (Psalms 30).
The dedication of the Second Temple, as it is written "And they
brought sacrifices in celebration of the dedication of the House of
God" (Ezra 7).
The dedication of the wall, as it written "And at the dedication
of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought all the Levites from all their
places, to bring them to Jerusalem to rejoice in the dedication (Nehemiah
12).
This dedication, the dedication of the priests of the House of the
Hasmoneans, the one we celebrate now with lighting a lamp.
The dedication in the world to come, where there will also be many
candles, as it is written: "The light of the moon shall be as
the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,
as the light of seven days" (Isaiah 30).