Chanukah

Hanukkah

The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah began this year on December 14th and continues until December 22nd. Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Jerusalem temple in about 164 B.C., after it had been desecrated by the Greek ruler, Antiochus Epiphanes. Antiochus tried to compel the Jews to adopt the Greek culture Read more…

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Hanakkah

Hanakkah—or Chanukah, as it’s sometimes spelled—begins this year on December 18th and runs through December 26th. The word means “dedication” in Hebrew. The story of Hanakkah begins in 175 B.C. with the accession of Antiochus IV to the throne of the Seleucid kingdom, one of the three kingdoms into which Read more…

By DonDavidson, ago