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Hanukkah commemorates the cleansing and rededication of the Jewish temple by the Maccabees after they defeated the Greeks. The eight-day festival is marked by lighting candles on a menorah, eating traditional foods like latkes and sufganiyot, and playing dreidel.

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What holiday commemorates the cleansing of the temple by the Maccabees?

Hannukah.


What Jewish holiday commemorates the cleansing of the temple by the Maccabees?

Hanukkah


What did the worship of Zeus at the Jewish Temple trigger?

the revolt of the Maccabees.


What year did judah maccabees forces take back the temple?

about 165 BCE


Why was the Cleansing of the Temple so important?

A:The Cleansing of the Temple was important in the synoptic gospels because in these gospels it was the trigger for the arrest of Jesus. The author of John's Gospel chose to make the resurrection of Lazarus the trigger for the arrest of Jesus and so moved the Cleansing of the Temple to the very beginning of the mission of Jesus, as a relatively unimportant episode.


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Amazing Facts Presents - 2007 Cleansing the Temple 1-21 was released on: USA: 22 July 2007


When in history did Hanukkah begin?

Hanukkah is a minor holiday that commemorates the victory of the Jews against the Syrian-Greeks in the Maccabean War of 165 BCE. But it's not known when Hanukkah became a distinct holiday.Answer:Hanukkah was instituted by the Torah-sages and first celebrated in 164 BCE, one year after the Maccabees retook Jerusalem and the Temple, as stated in the Talmud (Shabbat 21b). This is also attested in the book of Maccabees (I, 4:36; and II, 1:18).


When did the Maccabees destroy the Abomination of Desolation?

If it refers to the idolatrous image which the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) placed in the Jewish Temple, then the answer is 165 BCE, when the Maccabees rededicated the Temple to God. Though some passages in Daniel are explained as prophesying the wars of the Maccabees, the one which your Question is quoting (Daniel 12:11) is interpreted by Jewish commentaries as referring to the Second Destruction (in 68 CE), when the Romans razed the Temple and put their idols in its place. By that time, the Maccabees were no longer extant.


Why was the chamber of lepers in the temple?

It facilitated the leper cleansing ceremony outlined in Leviticus 14.


What did the Maccabees cleanse after reclaiming Judea from the Greeks?

They cleansed the Temple in Jerusalem from ritual impurity and rededicated it. See also:More information


Which of these is an eight-day festival of lights that takes place in early December and commemorates the recapture of the temple in Jerusalem?

Hanukkah


What has the author Lynn Allan Losie written?

Lynn Allan Losie has written: 'The cleansing of the temple'