Posted on 12/29/2005 1:04:47 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator
In 2nd Century B.C.E, the Greek Seleucid Emperor Antiochus Epiphanes began a systematic campaign against Judaism, which he saw as an obstacle to the spread of Hellenist philosophy in Israel. He forbid certain forms of religious observance (such as circumcision, for example) — disobedience was punishable by death. He desecrated the Temple by sacrificing pigs there, and he put up a statue of the Greek god Jupiter in the Holy of Holies. Enraged, Mattathias the Maccabee and his five sons recruited a small army of Jews and launched a guerrilla war that is commonly known as the Maccabean revolt. After three years of aggressive fighting, this small Jewish army miraculously beat the huge and mighty Greek army. They took back control of Jerusalem and, on the 25th of the Hebrew month Kislev, re-dedicated the Temple and rekindled the light of Torah life.
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An important message for the season.
Torah continues to be forward looking. Thanks.
It's more than just forward-looking. It is timeless. Its truth stretches from the beginning of creation to the Final Kingdom of G-d in the World to Come, and beyond that to the uncreated essence of HaShem Himself Whose Wisdom it is.
Torat-HaShem temimah! And its blasphemers, denigraters, and deniers will all ultimately acknowledge its Truth!
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