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Happy Hannukkah!
I invite you to light your Menorah this year and connect to your faith and your freedom to express your faith.
2 truths and a lie: post your guess on the lie in the comments:
1. I bought my Menorah at CVS
2. It’s my first year ever lighting Hanukkah candles in my own home
3. I ate an entire Challah today
The history of the eight-day celebration is rooted in the rededication of the Holy Temple after the Jewish people reclaimed it from the Syrian-Greeks in the second century BCE. As they worked to restore the temple, they used an oil lamp fueled by a tiny bit of oil that was only supposed to last one day. The oil miraculously lasted for eight days, and that is what is considered the Hanukkah miracle.
According to National Geographic, the Syrian-Greeks invaded the Jewish homeland and captured Jerusalem, where the Jewish Holy Temple was located. After the invasion, they attempted to force the Jewish people to forgo their religion and customs and adopt Greek beliefs instead. The Syrian-Greeks desecrated the Holy Temple and enacted laws forbidding the practice of Judaism. | Posted on 10/Dec/2023 06:23:08
