๐ #Hanukkah #history #facts โ The #Hasmoneans ("#Maccabees"), who recaptured the great Temple in #Jerusalem from #Antiochus IV, were great freedom fighters but violent rulers.
๐ E.g, in 135, John Hyrcannus I, one of Simon Maccabbeeโs sons, took over because Simonโs other two sons were unavailable: Simonโs son-in-law had murdered them, along with Simon himself.
๐ The Hasmoneans' tyrannical leadership would pave the way for #Christmas...
Stay tuned...
#hanukkah #history #facts #hasmoneans #maccabees #jerusalem #antiochus #christmas
๐ #Hanukkah #history #facts โ
Alexander the Great inadvertently set the stage for the events of Hanukkah? Do you know how?
By dying in 323 BCE without a succession plan. After his death, three Greek generals โ #Antigonus, #Ptolemy, and #Seleucus โ divvied up Alexander's conquered lands, each establishing a dynasty. It was a Seleucid leader in Syria who, some generations later, desecrated the #Jewish #Temple in #Jerusalem, prompting the #Maccabees to rebel.
#hanukkah #history #facts #antigonus #ptolemy #seleucus #jewish #temple #jerusalem #maccabees #Religion
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #FestivalofLights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #ChagSameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #FestivalofLights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #ChagSameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #Peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees #chagsameach
Wishing the global #Jewish community and the whole world #love, #light, and #miracles on #Hanukkah and every day.
#chanukah #festivaloflights #holidayseason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees
#jewish #love #light #Miracles #hanukkah #chanukah #festivaloflights #HolidaySeason #peace #kindness #strength #maccabees
Although our Temple was destroyed, #Jewish hope was not destroyed. We lost the building but still had the story and the light. And what had happened once in the days of the #Maccabees could happen again. Those words, โour hope is not destroyed,โ became part of our anthem, #Hatikvah, that inspired Jews to return to #Israel and rebuild
our ancient state. So as you light the #Hanukkah candles remember this. The Jewish people kept hope alive, and hope kept the Jewish people alive. - R. J. Sacks
#jewish #maccabees #hatikvah #Israel #hanukkah
A quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, ztl, #Hanukkah candles are the light that #Judaism brings to the world when we are unafraid to announce our identity in public, live by our principles and fight, if necessary, for our freedom.
https://israelforever.org/interact/blog/8_short_thoughts_for_8_chanukah_nights/
#hanukkah #judaism #jewishculture #maccabees #jewishpride
#Hanukkah is about counter #antisemitism and resistance to erasure of Jewish identity. Click here for info; please share with friends and #allies
#judaism #ally #intersectional #Jewishculture #Maccabees #Chanukah #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #OrthodoxJudaism #Hadar #Masorti
#hanukkah #antisemitism #allies #judaism #ally #intersectional #jewishculture #maccabees #chanukah #reformJudaism #conservativejudaism #orthodoxjudaism #hadar #masorti
In 167 BCE Mattathias (a priest) together with his sons Judah, Eleazar, Simon, John, and Jonathan, started a revolt against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who since 175 BCE had issued decrees that forbade Jewish religious practices. So, five brothers, the son of a preacher, take on the mighty Seleucid empire? Clearly, we need to see the role #whiskey and #kilts played in this madness of the #maccabees ! Celtic Jews are real.
Anyway, #happyhanukah !!!
#whiskey #kilts #maccabees #happyhanukah
Back for another year, it's 8 days of #WebComponents tips: Mastodon edition!
Each night of #hannukah, I'll post a tip for building & using web components
On the 1st night, let's start at the end. When the #Maccabees liberated the Holy Temple in #Jerusalem from Seleucid Greek invaders, they refused to light the Menorah with the impure oil they found left over
To prevent your element from displaying unwanted content, use the `::slotted` pseudo element and the `:not` pseudo class in your #css
#CSS #Jerusalem #maccabees #hannukah #WebComponents
@ylove
Let's not forget that we celebrate the miracle of the lights, not the battle. The #Maccabees are heroes for defending against a despotic regime and cultural erasure, but we don't celebrate violence. We celebrate Miracles and we celebrate survival!
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#mazeldon #chanukah
#maccabees #mazeldon #chanukah
2 stories of ancient #coin discoveries in 2 eras of revolt:
1) Rare half-shekel coin discovered from Great Revolt period https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/rare-half-shekel-coin-discovered-from-great-revolt-period/145528
2) 2,200-year-old coin #hoard gives hard proof of Book of #Maccabees, say #archaeologists https://www.timesofisrael.com/2200-year-old-coin-hoard-gives-hard-proof-of-book-of-maccabees-say-archaeologists/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2022-12-13&utm_medium=email
Here, the crucial thing is less the coins than the location, which underscores the importance of proper #archaeology. The context makes the evidence. Without context, there is no learning, only #looting
#coin #hoard #maccabees #archaeologists #archaeology #looting #numismatics
This is so cool. Happy #Hanukkah, friends!
โArchaeologists have uncovered a cache of 2,200-year-old silver coins near the Dead Sea. They say this is the first physical proof of something described in the Book of #Maccabees: That Jews fled to the Judean Desert during the upheaval and persecution under Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the villain of the Hanukkah story.โ #archeology #Israel #jewishlife #biblicalhistory https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-12-13/ty-article/israeli-archaeologists-find-proof-that-jews-fled-to-negev-after-revolt-2-200-years-ago/00000185-0699-dd32-a9cf-eef997d10000
#hanukkah #maccabees #archeology #israel #jewishlife #biblicalhistory
Shalom friends! Welcome to #JewishHolidayReactions: The #Hanukkah story! (Er, also #chanukah #channukah and #hannukah stories) The perfect holiday for anyone with an interest in guerrilla warfare and/or deep fried foods! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐โ๏ธ ๐ฉ #maccabees
#jewishholidayreactions #hanukkah #chanukah #channukah #hannukah #maccabees