Last night at sundown, the Hebrew Feast of Hanukkah began. The Feast memorializes the dedication of the Temple in 165 BC, after Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to stamp out the Hebrew religion. It also celebrates a miracle where a one day supply of Temple oil lasted eight days. Thus, it is called both the “Feast of Dedication” and the “Feast of Lights”.
With the cleansing of the Temple in 165 B.C., the nation of Israel was reborn and the temple and the nation of Israel…
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