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Welcome to CyberKisses's Hanukkah Cards
Here is a brief history of Hanukkah..
The story of Hanukkah is the struggle for religious freedom.
Over a thousand years ago, the foreign rulers of the Israelites
decreed that the Jews bow down to the image of their leader,
Antiochus, whose statue was erected in the Temple. But the
Jewish people were forbidden by the law of God to bow to
statues or idols. Inspired by Mattathias and led by his son,
Judah, a small group of Jews called Maccabees
(meaning "hammer") rebelled. The Maccabes risked their
lives to live according to Jewish law and to prevent this
desecration of their sacred Temple.
Although the Maccabees won, the Temple in Jerusalem,
the Jews' holy place, was destroyed. The Jews had to
clean and repair the Temple, and when they were finished
they rededicated it to God by rekindling the menorah, the
nine-branched candelabrum symbolizing the eternal
covenant between God and the Jewish people and the
continuity of tradition through the generations. But there was
only enough olive oil to fuel the menorah for one night, and it
would have taken eight days to make more oil. The legend
of the miracle at Hanukkah says that the one day supply of
oil burned for eight days and nights until more oil could be made.
There are eight days of Hanukkah corresponding to the legend
of the miracle of the oil in the Temple.
Foods cooked in oil are traditional, particularly potato pancakes,
called latkes. Today, candles are used instead of oil. On each
successive night, the number of candles lit increases by one.
Prayers accompany the lighting of the candles.
I hope I've given you all a little better understanding of this Jewish holiday
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