Chanukah

Chanukah

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How well do you remember the Chanukah story?

• Really well!

• So so..

• Not really....

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When did the Chanukah story happen?

• During the time of the 1st Beit Hamikdash

• During Galut Bavel

• During the time of the 2nd Best Hamikdash

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Which nation ruled over א״י at this time?

• Greeks(יונים)

• Romans

The Greeks Declared that the Jews

• Cannot learn תורה

• Cannot do מצות or Keep שבת.

• Cannot do ברית מילה

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Many Jews were afraid of the Greeks and stoped doing מצות and started adopting Greek practices. These Jews were called

• מתיונים

• מכבים

Some Jews wanted to study תורה and keep מצות.

• They hid in caves to learn תורה

• They would put a watchman to notify them if a Greek soldier was approaching

• As a decoy they played dreidel when a soldier found them

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The dreidel game was invented.......

• Because the Greeks loved to gamble

• As a decoy - when they saw the Greeks approaching they rstopped learning torah and took out their dreidels

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What did the Greeks do to the בית המקדש?

• Destroyed it

• Put idols all over, and brought pigs as קורבנות.

מתתיהו was a כהן גדול at that time who had 5 sons.

• They were known as the חשמונאים

• They hid in caves and attacked the Greeks

• They called out "מי כמוכה באלים ה׳"- this is where the name מכבי comes from.They became known as the Macabees.

Where did the מכבים live and fight?

Modiin, where the Macabes lived and fought the Greeks, is a short drive from ירושלים and you can visit the places they lived and fought.

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Where does the name מכבי come from?

• "מי לה׳ אלי"- Whoever is for Hashem is with me!

• ״מי כמוך באלים ה?׳״- Who is like you in might Hashem?

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Who led the Jewish resistance against the Greeks?

• The Macabees

• The מתיונים

The Jews were a small and weak army

• ה׳ made a miracle & the Jews won!

• They chased the Greeks out of א״י

• They won the war on כ״ה כסלו (the 25th of Kislev)

After the war the חשמונאים went to the בית המקדש

• They wanted to light the מנורה

• All of the oil they found was טמא(impure)

• They found one jar of oil that had the כהן גדל's seal.

• The Jar had only enough oil for one night

• ה׳ made a miracle, and the oil lasted for 8 nights until they were able to make new oil.

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What does חנוכה mean?

• חנו(they rested) on כ״ה(the 25th)

• a great miracle happened there

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What happened when the חשמונאים returned to the בית המקדש?

• They had to rebuild the בית המקדש

• They found many sealed jugs of oil

• They found one sealed jug that should have lasted one night