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What was the Jewish holiday that commemorates the recapture cleansing and rededication of the Temple in the second century BC?
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How are Hanukkah and shabbat different?
Hanukkah is an eight day festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees in the 2nd Century BCE. Shabbat is the weekly sabbath, or rest day, marking the day on which G-d rested following the Creation.
Is it true that the genocide of millions of Jews and others who did not agree with the Nazis was called the ethnic cleansing?
The term "ethnic cleaning" or "ethnic cleansing" was not applied until the wars following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the late 20th century. So the Nazi genocide was not called ethnic cleansing, although today you could use that term to describe it. At the time, the Nazis called it "solving the Jewish problem" and other euphemisms. When initially widely recognized by the populations of the allies, it was called murder.
Do Jews celebrate the Exodus on Hanukkah?
No. The Exodus from Egyptian bondage is recalled at Passover ... a holiday commanded and extensively described in the Torah. Hannukah commemorates the re-dedication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd Century BCE. Hanukkah isn't mentioned in the Torah.
What do both Diwali and Hanukkah celebratios symbolise?
Both of them is known as the festivals of light but the history behind it is different. Diwali is celebration celebrated on return of Lord Rama from exile to Ayodhaya. Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.
Who came up with Halloween?
Halloween gets its origins from the Gaelic festival of Samhain, created in the 3rd Century CE. Celtic men and women would light ceremonial fires as an act of cleansing the previous years sins. They would also burn animals on these fires, to appease the Underworld.
Why is Hanukkah an important holiday?
The importance of Hanukkah (which is one of the minor Jewish holidays) is that it commemorates the miracle of the oil (Talmud, Shabbat 21b). As an augmentation to the celebration of that miracle, we also thank God during Hanukkah for the Hasmoneans' military victory (during which they ousted the Seleucids and their lackeys, the Hellenizing Jews, making possible the rededication of the Temple). The Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) under Antiochus Epiphanes (2nd century BCE), at the instigation of the Hellenizers, had forbidden various Torah-practices such as Sabbath-observance, and pressed the Jews to offer up idolatrous sacrifices. The Hasmoneans (a family of religious Jews) fought to retake the Holy Temple, which had been seized by the Seleucids, and to enable the people to once again observe the Torah. When they reached the Temple grounds, they found only one day's supply of unsullied olive oil, but the oil lamps miraculously burned for eight days (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), allowing enough time for new oil to be prepared and brought. The significance of the miracle is that it demonstrated that God's presence still dwelt in the Holy Temple. The Torah Sages instituted the festival of Hanukkah at that time (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), to publicize the miracle (Rashi commentary, ibid). The eight-day rededication of the Temple is also mentioned in the book of Maccabees (I, 4:36; and II, 1:18); and Josephus mentions the eight-day festival in Antiquities ch.12. The Al-Hanisim prayer which we recite during Hanukkah centers around the Hasmoneans' victory, while the candle-lighting commemorates the miracle of the oil.
Who is Judas maccabeus and why is he important in the old testament?
Judas Maccabeus was a Jewish military leader who led a rebellion against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC. He is important in the Old Testament for his role in the Maccabean Revolt, which resulted in the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty. His actions are commemorated during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Who first used the term ethnic cleansing?
It is not enough to say that the term ethnic cleansingwas first used in English in 1991 in connection with the former Yugoslavia.I lived in Novo Mesto, Slovenia in 1990-91. It was reported there that Slobodan Milosovich, of Serbia used that term in Kosovo, while speaking to the Kosovo-Serbs at Polje Field, the site of a 14th century battle, which Serbia lost to the Turks.Later the term was used in Bosnia when Serb peasants and military drove Muslim-Yugoslavs from their homes and countries.I don't think the term, "ethnic cleansing" was used anywhere before that time.
What comes after century century?
Millennium (1000 years)
What century was 1865?
18th century
What century was 1525 in?
Sixteenth century.
What is an example of a century?
the 19th Century, the 18th Century, the 4th Century BC A century is 100 years
