tagged: Maccabean Revolt • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Selections from 1 & 2 Maccabees and Pesiqta Rabbati on the Desecration and Rededication of the Temple and the Rekindling of the Sacred Fire

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Jason of Cyrene and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Second Temple Period, Ḥanukkah Readings

Tags:

2nd century B.C.E., 37th century A.M., Classical Antiquity, המזבח the Mizbe'aḥ, dedications and consecrations, kindling, Maccabean Revolt, Angels, נר תמיד ner tamid, המקבים Maccabees, combating anti-Jewish oppression

Selections from 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, and Pesiqta Rabbati which inform the story of Ḥanukkah: the desecration and re-dedication of the Temple (especially as it relates to Sukkot and the Brumalia), divine intervention in the Maccabean battles, and the Rekindling of the Sacred Fire. . . .