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Sometimes, it's about the nitty-gritty of securing borders, fortifying cities, and making shrewd strategic moves. That's precisely what we see in the story of the Maccabees. to a s...
Tryphon, that treacherous viper, sends his armies – footmen and horsemen – swarming into Galilee and the great plain. Their mission? To utterly destroy every last one of Jonathan's...
As we read in the Book of Maccabees I, things were looking pretty grim. "Then all the heathen that were round about then sought to destroy them: for said they, They have no captain...
We find him at a pivotal moment in the First Book of Maccabees. The land of Israel is in turmoil. The Hasmoneans, that legendary family of Jewish warriors, have been fighting tooth...
It's about the stories we tell, the records we keep. Take Simon the Maccabee, for example. He wasn't just a warrior; he was a leader who understood the power of alliances and the i...
About the moments when a community decides, "This is important. This needs to be remembered"? Let's travel back to a pivotal moment in Jewish history, a time of war, resilience, an...
This passage from The Book of Maccabees I, Chapter 14, offers a snapshot of his leadership and the relative peace he brought to the land. : the land had been under Seleucid Greek r...
Sometimes, the key lies in the simple act of sending a letter. Let’s peek into one such moment, recorded in the Book of Maccabees I, chapter 15. Imagine the scene: Simon the High P...
The feeling is, unfortunately, timeless. And it's a feeling Simon Maccabaeus knew all too well, as we find in the Book of Maccabees I. Imagine this: You're fighting for your people...
