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Hanukkah: Miracles Light the Darkness and Tradition
The article recounts Judah Maccabee’s victory over Antiochus and the eight day oil miracle. It notes Hanukkah origins in rededication, the Dreidel game, Judith tale influence, cheese and latkes, women’s roles, and the central message of light guiding Jewish identity through winter darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattathias
Judah the Maccabee
Antiochus
Doe
Michael Strassfeld
Nun
Gimel
Shin
Judith
Dee
Arnold Eisen
Jewish Theological Seminary
Strassfeld
Malka Drucker
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