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Hanukkah as antidote to "Resulting"

Hanukkah as antidote to "Resulting"

The Wisdom of an Ancient Holiday

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Zohar Atkins
Dec 19, 2022
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Hanukkah is the only Jewish holiday that is not Biblically derived. And like Purim, which is derived from the Book of Esther, it is not overtly, divinely commanded. Hanukkah celebrates what? A military victory over our enemies? No. For the Temple was eventually destroyed, and the Maccabees who helped fend of the Greeks do not make into the Biblical cano…

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