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- The Maccabees Are the Heroes of Chanukah. The Maccabees were Jewish fighters who led the revolt against the Syrian Greek ruling class, who had suppressed Jewish religion in an effort to spread their Hellenistic customs and idolatrous beliefs.
- The Name “Maccabee” Is Not Mentioned in the Talmud. The Talmud speaks little of Chanukah. The one time the story is briefly told, the leaders of the group (and their descendants) are referred to as the House of Chashmonai, the ancestral family of Matityahu, the pious and brave priest who led the group until his passing.
- The Maccabees Were From Modiin. Matityahu began his revolt in the village of Modiin, where the Greeks tried to compel him to publically engage in idol worship.
- The Maccabees Originally Refused to Fight on Shabbat. According to Josephus, after the Maccabees refused to comply with the Greek demands, they were attacked on Shabbat morning.
Three years to the day after Antiochus’ mad rampage (Kislev 25, 165 BCE), the Maccabees held a dedication (hanukkah)of the Temple with proper sacrifice, rekindling of the golden menorah, and eight days of celebration and praise to God. [Proper] Jewish worship had been reestablished.
- Lesli Koppelman Ross
The Maccabees ( / ˈmækəbiːz / ), also spelled Machabees ( Hebrew: מַכַּבִּים, Makkabbīm or מַקַבִּים, Maqabbīm; Latin: Machabaei or Maccabaei; Ancient Greek: Μακκαβαῖοι, Makkabaioi ), were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time was part of the Seleucid Empire.
The Maccabees were a band of Jewish freedom fighters who freed Judea from the Syrian-Greek occupiers during the Second Temple period. The word Maccabee is an acronym for the Hebrew words that mean “Who is like You among all powers, G‑d.”
Discover the how, when and where of the Chanukah (Hanukkah) miracle. The Maccabees: The Jewish Freedom Fighters The Maccabees were a band of Jewish freedom fighters who freed Judea from the Syrian-Greek occupiers during the Second Temple period.
The story of how Hanukkah came to be is contained in the books of 1 and 2 Maccabees, which are not part of the Jewish canon of the Hebrew Bible. These books tell the story of the Maccabees , a small band of Jewish fighters who liberated the Land of Israel from the Syrian Greeks who occupied it.
Dec 9, 2020 · Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean Revolt (167-160 BCE), and the narrative that Jewish rebel Judas Maccabeus vanquished the evil Greek emperor Antiochus and rededicated the Temple, at which the miracle of the oil occurred.
