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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]
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 ...
1. A menorah is lit each night of the holiday. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C.
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 ...
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.
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As two religious festivals intertwine, we explore beliefs different from our own.
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