These Maccabees, as they came to be ... the fact to demonstrate that God had a hand in the story. In fact, the rabbis didn’t ...

Hanukkah has no special dietary restrictions, and work is still permitted. The book of 1 Maccabees, which was written around 100 BCE, tells the story of the Maccabean Revolt and the eight-day ...

Every year since then, Jewish people have celebrated their festival of lights, Hanukkah. They retell the story of the Maccabees, give gifts, eat special food and play games. And as they light the ...

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc. In fact, 2 Macc tells many of the same stories from a slightly different perspective than 1 Macc.

Themes: The story of Hanukkah; the miracle of the oil; remembering; celebrations. Summary: This assembly, which is suitable for an act of collective worship, focuses on the celebration of Hanukkah ...

President Joe Biden brought up the Hanukkah story, comparing Ukraine’s struggle against Russia to the Maccabees’ uprising. “Tonight is the fourth night of Hanukkah,” Biden said Wednesday ...

The stories of Hanukkah and the ladies therein are often ... The soldiers freaked out, the Maccabees won the battle and the rest is quite literally history. But there’s another, lesser known ...

In Hebrew, the word "Hanukkah" begins with the Hebrew letter ... commemorates the time when a small group of Jews called the Maccabees rose up against Greek-Syrian rulers to rededicate the Temple ...

As Jews light a new candle on the menorah, they recount the ancient story of Hanukkah. Because the festival celebrates the miracle of oil, fried foods are popular during the festival, especially ...