The Story of Hanukkah

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Aaron L Raskin’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

over 2,000 years ago Antiochus IV began his reign as king of Syria known as epiphanies the God's beloved he earned a far less flattering title epines or madman due to his harsh and tyrannical rule ancus sought to unify his Empire through one culture and religion to do so he outlawed Jewish laws and replaced the high priest with helenistic leaders spreading Greek Customs across the land under antiochus's decrees Jewish worship was forbidden and those who defied him faced death thousands perished including Elders like Rabbi eleazer who refused to eat pork even under threat of execution in the village of modin the tide began to turn when commanded to offer sacrifices to Greek gods the priest mattiyahu refused he and his sons

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1. 0:00over 2,000 years ago Antiochus IV began his reign as king of Syria known as epiphanies…
2. 0:30under antiochus's decrees Jewish worship was forbidden and those who defied him faced death thousands perished…
3. 1:04fought back sparking a rebellion mati yah's son Judah the makabe led the fight though vastly…
4. 1:38enough time to prepare more oil today we celebrate Hanukkah by lighting the manora eating Foods…

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