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After years of war and strife, the Maccabees were looking for lasting peace and autonomy for Judea. And in 1 Maccabees 11, we see Jonathan, the leader of the Maccabees after his br...
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...
The story of Simon Maccabeus, as told in the First Book of Maccabees, resonates with that unsettling truth. We find Simon, the leader who helped liberate Judea, doing what leaders ...
It's a practice deeply rooted in Jewish law, but when you really stop and think about it, some tough questions arise. Philo, the 1st-century Jewish philosopher from Alexandria, gra...
SIMON THE JUST WAS ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVORS OF THE GREAT ASSEMBLY. HE USED TO SAY: UPON THREE THINGS THE WORLD IS BASED: UPON THE TORAH, UPON THE TEMPLE SERVICE, AND UPON THE PRAC...
And the Lord spake unto Mosheh, Yet one stroke will I bring upon Pharoh and upon the Mizraee, which shall be greater than all, and afterward will he send you hence: when he release...
And thou, bring near to thee Aharon thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to minister before Me: Aharon, Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar and Ithamar, the sons...
And this is the thing that thou shalt do to them to sanctify them, that they may serve before Me. Take one bullock, the young of a bullock, without spot; and two rams, unblemished ...
But the people saw that Mosheh delayed to come down from the mount, and the people gathered together unto Aharon, when they saw that the time he had appointed to them had passed; a...
