Can anybodii tell me the story 4 hanukkah breifly?
The Holy Temple was ransacked by the bad guys, the Jews took up arms and fought the bad guys, the Jews won even though they were highly outnumbered. There was only enough kosher olive oil to keep the eternal light lit for one day, yet it takes eight days to manufacture the stuff. The one day’s worth of olive oil lasted for 8 days, giving the Jews time enough to make more to keep the eternal light lit. Hanukkah is a relatively unimportant holiday (when compared to many of the others), yet it is a commandment to light the Hanukkah Menorah every evening and to remember the story of the eternal light. Some think that Hanukkah is such a big deal so that the little Jewish kids won’t feel left out of something grand as the Christian kids celebrate Christmas, which is quite an important Christian holiday.
“The Story of Hanukkah begins in Israel long ago. Israel was called Judea then, and the Jews who lived there did not rule their land. Different kings with their armies marched through Judea. But while Judea was ruled by different kings, the Jews lived there as they always had. The farmers planted and harvested. The shepherds watched their sheep. And on holidays they all went up to the Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple was beautiful. It stood on top of a mountain. Inside were gold crowns and gates covered with gold and silver. There was a ner tamid, a light that always burned, and a gold vine with gold leaves and grapes hanging from it. …There were no idols in the Temple. Other people worshiped many gods. They prayed and bowed to idols. But the Jews, led by the high priest, prayed to just one god, the God who created the heavens and earth. The Jews kept their holidays. They lived in peace until a Greek, Antiochus the Fourth, ruled Judea. It was not enough for Antiochus that his people pai
