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CHANUKAH SAMEACH! The True Meaning of HANUKKAH and Where it All Began!

HISTORICAL SITES IN ISRAEL

HANUKKAH or CHANUKAH commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in JERUSALEM, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabe

an Revolt. HANUKKAH means “dedication” in HEBREW.THE TEMPLE MOUNT in JERUSALEM is the site of both the First and Second Temples. Consecrated ground and the site of where The Festival of Lights began! CHANUKAH SAMEACH to all!!

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Photo: HISTORICAL SITES IN ISRAEL HANUKKAH or CHANUKAH commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in JERUSALEM, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. HANUKKAH means "dedication" in HEBREW. THE TEMPLE MOUNT in JERUSALEM is the site of both the First and Second Temples. Consecrated ground and the site of where The Festival of Lights began! CHANUKAH SAMEACH to all!! http://www.templemount.org/theories.html

 

 

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