After quickly mentioning the miraculous jar of temple oil that burned for eight days, many sources will tell you it’s about the unlikely triumph of the Maccabees, who fought for Jewish religious ...

Olive oil was used to light the menorah; menorah olive oil was prepared in ritual purity and placed in vials, each holding only a day's worth. Enter the Maccabees, a group of Jewish priests turned ...

Thus began the revolt of the Maccabees against Greek oppression – a war that would continue for decades, the first war that organised Jewish forces had fought in almost half a millennium ...

The Jewish people were really upset and angry about this and they didn’t know what to do. But there was a brave family called the Maccabees, who decided to fight against King Antiochus.

but it represented the great aspirations of the Jewish people and displayed the power of God even though the dynasty was tarnished by ambition and human weakness. The Maccabees' incredible ...

A group of Jewish people, known as the Maccabees, who wanted to restore Jewish religious practices and traditions, are said to have fought the powerful Syrian-Greek army over the course of three ...

Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 164 B.C. of a group of Jewish people (the Maccabees) over the Syrian Greeks, who had been occupying the Land of Israel since before 167 B.C. Not only had the ...

By: Yael Toyber, SFU Student Content warning: descriptions of the Holocaust and antisemitism. My friends and I joke when explaining Jewish holidays to non-Jews: “We survived, and now we eat!” ...

Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 165 B.C. of the rebellious Jewish Maccabees over the Syrian Greeks. Once back in control, the victors were able to clean up and rededicate the Temple in Jerusalem.

Lighting the menorah is not just festive; it’s a meditation on the living miracle of Jewish survival and the responsibility to keep that flame alive. The Maccabees didn’t just fight for ...