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Mattathias's story is related in the deuterocanonical book of 1 Maccabees and in the writings of Josephus. Mattathias is accorded a central role in the story of Hanukkah and, as a result, is named in the Al HaNissim prayer Jews add to the Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals) and the Amidah during the festival's eight days.
The Torah discusses the lighting of the Temple menorah in a number of verses. Leviticus 24:2 specifies that pure olive oil must be used to light the menorah. While Exodus 25:37 and Numbers 8:2–3 speak of seven lights being lit, Exodus 27:20–21 and Leviticus 24:2 specifies that a single "light" must be lit "continually", and must burn "from ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. The New International Version translates the passage as: The demons begged Jesus, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub ...
The first and second Books of the Maccabees are part of the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, which became the template for the Christian version of the Bible.
The Hanukkah story. According to Jewish tradition, after the winning back Jerusalem, they found that the Temple had been destroyed. They began to clean it up and wanted to light the menorah (a ...
The story of Hanukkah is not mentioned in the Bible; Jews never agreed on how to interpret this story or the symbols of Hanukkah. The history of the Maccabean period reveals a terrible cultural ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. The New International Version translates the passage as: Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 8:30.
A second Hanukkah prayer they suggest is "Blessed are You, Lord our G‑d, King of the universe, who performed miracles for our forefathers in those days, at this time.