The Jewish Week, December 6th, 1996
Jerome Epstein The Jewish Week 12-06-1996 Proclaiming Our Miracles.
Before the victory of Judah Maccabee, in the days when Antiochus made it difficult for Jews to live a complete Jewish life, or even to worship in the Temple, a generation of Jews became Hellenized - not always against their will. Sadly, many of these Jews became quite comfortable with this arrangement. Indeed, they enjoyed their new style of dress, exotic forms of entertainment and "freedom" from religious requirements.
When we teach our children about Chanukah, we tell them about the oil that lasted for eight days when it...
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