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Rabbi Joseph Karo is known for asking why Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days, if the oil was expected to last one day, so seemingly only the last seven days were miraculous. This question became famous and many answers were suggested to it; indeed a book was published in 1962 compiling 100 different proposed answers, with a more recent work ...
Hanukkah, which means dedication in Hebrew, marks the Jewish victory over the Syrian dynastic ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes who invaded Judea in 164 BCE, desecrating the second temple in Jerusalem ...
It has come to be regarded as the only Hanukkah melody, four other Hebrew hymns for the occasion being also sung to it [11] [12]). It was originally sung for " Shene Zetim " (שני זיתים or שני זתים, "Two Olives" (the ones that supply oil to the Menorah from Zechariah 's vision, Zech. 4)), a piyyut , preceding the Shema of ...
In 2021, Hanukkah begins at sundown on November 28 and finishes at sundown on December 6. If you’re wondering why Hanukkah falls on a different date every year, it actually doesn’t, according ...
In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC, after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from ...
Fragments showing 1 Timothy 2:2–6 on Codex Coislinianus, from ca. AD 550. The original Koine Greek manuscript has been lost, and the text of surviving copies varies. The earliest known writing of 1 Timothy has been found on Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 5259, designated P133, in 2017. It comes from a leaf of a codex which is dated to the 3rd century ...
A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, [a] is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Eight of the nine branches hold lights (candles or oil lamps) that symbolize the eight nights of the holiday; on each night, one more light is lit than the previous night, until on the final night all eight branches are ignited.
This year Hanukkah 2023 starts on Thursday, Dec. 7 at sundown and ends on Friday, Dec. 15. at sundown. How long does Hanukkah last? The celebration is a eight-day festival. The miracle of Hanukkah ...