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That’s the feeling that practically leaps off the page of Megillat Antiochus, an ancient text that recounts the story of Hanukkah from a different angle. This isn't the familiar ta...
That's exactly what happened to El’azar in the story of Megillat Antiochus. Megillat Antiochus, also known as the Scroll of Antiochus, is a fascinating little text. Think of it as ...
It’s a scene straight out of the Book of Maccabees, a story of courage, faith, and family legacy. Imagine this: Mattathias, the patriarch, the spark that ignited the Maccabean revo...
Specifically, let's look at Judah Maccabee himself. After the death of his father, Mattathias, the mantle of leadership fell upon Judah. And as we read in the Book of Maccabees I, ...
We pick up the story after the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem and the persecution of the Jews by the Seleucid Empire. Things looked bleak. Really bleak. But then, a spark i...
"Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out." It's a stark, desolate image. The mikdash, the sanctuary, is "trodden down." The joy of Ja...
That’s a glimpse into the world of the Maccabees. We're diving into the Book of Maccabees I, chapter 4, a truly gripping moment in the story. The scene is set: the heathen, as the ...
Our scene opens with a figure named, well, he’s not named in the text. But he's in a tight spot. He's just heard some pretty bad news. He’s "confounded and discouraged," as the tex...
They were a small band of Jewish fighters up against the vast and powerful Seleucid Empire. And in the midst of that struggle, they turned to prayer. What did they pray for? to the...
