When the Maccabees finally recaptured Jerusalem and the Temple, they found it in ruins. But amid the devastation, they discovered one sealed jar of pure olive oil bearing the seal of the High Priest.

tells the story of the Maccabees – fighters who stood against tyranny, reclaimed their freedom, and rededicated the Temple and menorah in Jerusalem. It reminds us of the resilience of the human ...

In addition, the Maccabees’ campaign against the Seleucid ... New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary, and Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, he holds a doctorate in Hebrew literature.

The natural miracle is the military victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks—despite ... Begunis founding head of Yeshivat Machon Meir in Jerusalem. There are two types of miracles we publicize ...

Other torches, kindled at Modi’in, gravesite of the Maccabees, were flown from Lydda ... when Bar-Kochba and his warriors were defending Jerusalem against the legions of Rome, coincided with ...

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books ... In the space of three years, the Jews recapture Jerusalem and purify the Temple (4:36). This purification and rededication of the Temple ...

Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem after a small Jewish army called the Maccabees reclaimed it from the Greek leader Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164 BC.

The Hellenists invited the Greek emperor to invade. What’s more, the Maccabees’ capture of Jerusalem (164 BCE) was not a final victory assuring peace and religious freedom. It was followed by ...

THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATES THE VICTORY OF THE MACCABEES OVER THE SYRIANS AND THE REDEDICATION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM. THAT HAPPENED AROUND 165 BCE. A ONE DAY SUPPLY OF OIL MIRACULOUSLY ...

SO BASICALLY, THE GREEKS, LIKE, WANTED TO ATTACK JERUSALEM. BUT THESE SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED THE MACCABEES, LIKE, FOUGHT BACK FOR LIKE A FEW YEARS AND THEN LIKE THEY WENT TO SEARCH FOR OIL ...