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Chanukah - Historical
Background
Chanukah is a Jewish holidays in which we celebrate our survival as a nation and the triumph of light over darkness. It is a celebration of a past that seems so relevant and contemporary - a thousand years later.
The following is
the historical background that brought upon the Jews of Israel the wrath
of the Hellenistic Era. In
the 7th century BCE (Before the Common Era), King Cyrus gave
the Jews, who had been exiled to Babylonia, permission to return to the
land of Israel and to rebuild the holy Temple.
Alexander the
Great 4th century BCE massive conquering campaign pushed
across the Middle East. To
unify his conquests, Alexander the Great encouraged the adoption of
Hellenistic ideals. Some
Jews eagerly co-opted to the Greeks admiration of the body, their
penchant for philosophy and literature.
But most Jews rejected the Greek ideals of beauty and remained
loyal to Judaism and its practices.
After Alexander
the Great died, his vast kingdom was divided into three mini-empires.
Two of them, the Ptolmies of Egypt and the Selucids of Syria,
fought over Judea.
This brings us to
the reign of Antiochus IV
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