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The Hebrew version is a literal translation of the original scroll, which was written in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic. [2] It is written in a formal style that aped that of the Targum Onkelos. It was written between the 2nd and 5th centuries CE—most likely in the 2nd century. [3] The Hebrew version dates to the 7th century. [4]
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 ...
Hanukkah can begin as early as Nov. 28 and as late as Dec. 27. This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army.
Miracle of the cruse [a] of oil (Hebrew: נֵס פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן), or the Miracle of Hanukkah, is an Aggadah depicted in the Babylonian Talmud [1] as one of the reasons for Hanukkah. In the story, the miracle occurred after the liberation of the Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt, and it describes the finding of a jug ...
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.
wundervisuals/Getty Images. 4. Playing Dreidel. A dreidel is a tiny spinning top, inscribed with Hebrew letters on its four sides, and it’s used to play the popular Hanukkah game by the same name.
Hanukkah, while often referred to as the Festival of Lights, is more aptly translated as the Festival of Rededication.
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