Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

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A group of rebels called the Maccabees successfully fought back, defeating their oppressors and liberating the Temple; however, the oil there had been defiled by the Greeks, according to the ...

According to Jewish tradition, Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of oil that burned for eight days after the Maccabees defeated the Greeks. The menorah is a symbol of the temple lampstand.

While Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of oil that lasted for eight days, it also celebrates the miraculous victory of a small rag-tag group of Jews, known as the Maccabees, over a much more ...

In addition, the Maccabees’ campaign against the Seleucid ... like Israel’s just response to the barbarism of October 7. Even many of our best friends in the international community have ...

Since October 7, we have been awed by the heroism of tens ... So this Hanukkah, let us remember the military heroism of the Maccabees and of our incredible IDF soldiers and also the quiet heroism ...

The Maccabees recaptured the temple and lit the menorah, which, with only enough pure oil for one day, miraculously burned for eight days. Arlington Heights resident George Sachs said Hanukkah ...

Antiochus banned Jewish practices and desecrated the Holy Temple, much as terrorists on October 7 violated the sanctity ... TOMB OF the Maccabees near present-day Mevo Modi’im.

This too was the approach of the Maccabees. They saw a need and it was they who responded. They organized the defenses. They crafted battle plans. They defeated the mighty Greeks and restored the ...

The Maccabees battled external enemies and Hellenized Jews who embraced the Seleucid outlawing of Jewish practice in the name of Greek “progress.” Unlike some, I never saw the Maccabees as ...