#Judah Maccabee

[evilhorse]

Let my people go.

(Nexus: Alien Justice #3)

[fdelopera]

Here’s one to add to the weird Chanukah merch collection! I found it at my old job last year on clearance for $2.30 after the holiday season. It plays 3 songs: I Have a Little Dreidel, Chanukah Oh Chanukah, and Al Hanisim. I haven’t actually taken it out of the box and seen it in action but we’re going to test it out and see how ridiculous it is. Just thought you’d get a kick out of it!

OMG thank you! XD

This falls into the "so cheesy it's AMAZING" category of Chanukah merch.

10/10 I love Judah Maccabot 2.0. This is like the Maccabean Revolt meets Pacific Rim. Or maybe he's a Golem. Either way. I love him.

[sssfrs]

💙🔨🕎🕯מי ימלל גבורות ישראל 💙🔨🕎🕯

Happy end of Hanukkah, here is my hanukkah drawing 

[musicalrecs]

@sharlatan-ka

I happen to have exactly the song for all buff/jock Judah Maccabee headcanons:

I was searching for some pretty Hanukkah gifs to schedule a post tomorrow wishing my Jewish followers Happy Hanukkah and I found a fit/shape/body building site that posted this

And I thought to myself, I simply must show my Jewish followers fit Menorah Man

[judahmaccabees]

You goys like power and light, right?

[secular-jew]

Unleash the Lion of Judah

[nonstandardrepertoire]

once, many years ago, a foreign army came into a little piece of land that had long been a punching bag for the larger states on all sides of it. the people running that army didn't really care about the people who were already living there, altho they were certainly happy to use those people as labor for their state-building projects and to extract food and money and other forms of wealth from them in the form of taxes

after a time, the people in charge of this more powerful state decided that the traditional ways of life of the people who had been living there before the army rolled in were no longer acceptable to the ruling elite and had to be stamped out (to some degree at least). a big group of the people who had already been living there decided they weren't very happy with that and started waging a guerilla war to regain political control of the place they lived

like all wars, this one was bloody. and the people who were fighting to regain political control of the place they had lived for generations killed a whole lot of innocent people, including people who thought they were on the same side. so did the state-organized army they were fighting

after years and years of this, the powerful state decided they had had enough of this and up and left. the guerilla warriors had carried the day. (the state they set up themselves didn't do too well, but that's a story for another day)

tonight, a whole bunch of people are going to start lighting candles in commemoration of this guerilla military victory and then some number of them are going to use this bloody, asymmetrical struggle against a more powerful centrally organized state as a rhetorical argument to valorize a centrally organized state doing war crimes against a population they have been systematically dispossessing and culturally erasing as punishment for a portion of that population waging a bloody, asymmetrical struggle and the irony of it all is going to be the end of me

[jdsquared]

Time to re-post this at that time and in this time.

[erin-gilberts]

No one in 2023 cares particularly much about Ghostbusters fics this committed to exploring each person's individual childhood selves, but it actually means the world to me to imagine that while 8yo Erin was learning to shrink and silence herself until little remained, 8yo Abby was miles away and worlds apart learning how to stand up for herself and her community.

[space-station-nursery]

◜ 🕎𓂃 Happy Hanukkah! ‧ ✡️◞

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Happy early Hanukkah to all my Jewish followers !! Whist me and my family are not Jewish, its still fun to learn about other holidays, especially one that feels under talked about [to me at least 🤭]

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★﹒┊What is Hanukkah? ⁔⁔

Hanukkah is a Jewish festival celebrated on Kislev 25 in December, reaffirming Judaism's ideals and commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem. Despite not being mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures, Hanukkah remains a popular religious observance and reaffirms the Second Temple's significance.

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★﹒┊What does it originate from? ⁔⁔

In 175 B.C., King Antiochus prohibited Jews from practicing Judaism in his ancient kingdom which included Judea. He replaced the Temple of Jerusalem with an altar dedicated to Zeus, the Greek god. The Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, rebelled and fought for three years to establish an independent region. In 164 B.C., the Maccabees defeated Antiochus and his troops. Upon return to their ransacked temple, they found only one jar of oil—just enough to light the temple’s candles for one day. The Talmud miraculously burned oil for eight days, allowing the Maccabees to find more oil for their sacred candles. The conflict continued for over 22 years, culminating in a peace treaty in 142 B.C., forming the Jews' own independent region.

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★﹒┊How is it celebrated? ⁔⁔

Jews celebrate Hanukkah by lighting a menorah, which holds 8 candles each, plus a shamash candle in the center used to light the other candles. The menorah is lit for eight nights, with one candle added and lit on the first night and so on until all 8 candles are lit. People recite blessings, pray, sing songs, and exchange gifts to celebrate the miracle in the temple over 2,000 years ago.

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★﹒┊Hanukkah Fun ⁔⁔

Before finishing up, i would like to give you guys some Hanukkah worksheets !

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Fact OTD: Hanukkah traditions feature deep-fried jelly donuts called sufganiyot and potato pancakes called latkes, both fried and symbolizing the long-lasting lamp oil.

[evilhorse]

By the blessed bones of the Great One…!

(Nexus Volume 2 #71)

[stevesbipanic]

@steddiemas Day 8: Hanukkah Traditions

Steve was nervous. He'd moved in with Eddie and Wayne a month ago since his parents told him in no uncertain terms to be out by the time they got back. The past month had felt so warm and loving. But Hanukkah was beginning tomorrow and Steve was freaking out.

"Sweetheart, you don't need to stress out about it, you don't even need to join in the traditions if you don't want to. Plus Wayne and I are very chill about it, I think Wayne just likes to remember his mother's stories the most, she would've loved you."

"But it is important, Eds! You and Wayne have been so good to me and I want to show you that I appreciate that."

Eddie sighed moving towards him, curling Steve's clenched hands and intertwining their fingers.

"We know you appreciate it, Stevie, and we both love you so much, secretly I think Wayne prefers you." Steve has a quirk of a smile for a moment.

"Only cause I don't burn the toast when I make breakfast."

"It was one time and I was 12, sorry for putting effort into father's day for him," Eddie joked. "C'mon let's go help Wayne finish letting up."

Later, when the menorah was set and ready on the windowsill, cabinets stocked with ingredients for all the food they'd make, and gifts wrapped for the week ahead, the three men sat with mugs of coffee despite the late hour.

"You ready for your first Hanukkah, Steve?" Wayne asked.

"I think so, Eddie has told me a bit but I'm excited to learn."

"That's good of you, son, don't worry if you don't get it all right away, Eddie tried lighting all the candles at once when he was little."

"Can we lay off poor baby Eddie, he was a sweet boy."

"A sweet boy that brought toads home as pets."

"The frogs are mean to them."

Wayne chuckled at his nephews antics.

"Would you like to hear the story of Judah and the Maccabees, Steve? My memory isn't as good as it used to be but I'm sure I can make it as exciting as my Ma used to tell it."

"I'd love to," Steve smiled. Wayne smiled softly, getting comfy in his chair and began to tell the tale. Steve leaned into Eddie as he listened, he might not know all the traditions yet, but it already feels more like home and family than Christmas with his parents ever did.

Ao3

[girlactionfigure]

The late Capt. Eden Nimri, an officer from the 'Sky Rider' unit, fought bravely and saved lives on the seventh of October. When terrorists broke into the Nahal Oz outpost, she directed her female soldiers and observers into the shelter, stood in the doorway, and waited for the terrorists.

When they arrived, she killed the first ones of them. Under the protection of the shootout that Eden engaged in with the many terrorists who continued to arrive, many of the female soldiers managed to escape and be saved. Eden absorbed the fire but saved many of them.

Hanukkah is also a celebration of women's heroism. At Hanukkah, it is customary to celebrate Judith, who was seen by some as the sister of Judah the Maccabee. According to tradition, she killed the general Holofernes who was besieging her city. With cunning and courage, she killed the commander, causing the Greeks to flee and the city to be freed from the siege.

A thread of heroic women has been woven for thousands of years between Judith, the mythological heroine, and Eden, a heroine of our time, who will yet become mythology.

Source: חילי טרופר | Chili Tropper

[whencyclopedia]

Enoch

In the book of Genesis in the pre-flood period, Enoch was the son of Jared and the father of Methuselah. There are few details about Enoch. We learn that he lived 365 years, and then Enoch "walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away" (Genesis 5:24). This cryptic note was interpreted to understand that Enoch did not die a physical death but was taken by God for continued existence in heaven.

Within the traditional texts, he is not referred to again, but he became a major figure during the Second Temple Period (450 BCE - 70 CE). If you have read the gospels, both the concept and the reference to Jesus of Nazareth as the "son of man" is drawn from the books of Enoch.

The Books of the Prophets

Israel suffered several major disasters throughout its history. In 722 BCE, Assyria conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The conquerors switched populations, moving their own people into the region and this is when ten of the twelve tribes of Israel were lost to history. In 587 BCE, the Neo-Babylonian Empire conquered the Southern Kingdom of Judah, destroying Jerusalem and the Temple complex. The books of the Prophets blamed these disasters on the sins of the people, particularly the sin of idolatry.

At the same time, the Prophets offered a message of hope., that the God of Israel would intervene in human history one final time, raising up a messiah figure ("anointed one") to lead the armies of Israel against the nations. At that time, Israel would be restored to its former glory and God’s original plan for humans (the Garden of Eden) would be established on earth. The shorthand phrase for this conviction was "the kingdom of God on earth."

In 330 BCE, Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) conquered the regions of the Mediterranean Basin. Upon his death, his generals divided his empire during the Wars of the Diadochi. In 167 BCE, the Syrian king Antiochus Epiphanes IV (175-164 BCE) ordered the extinction of Jewish customs (their religion). The Jews, under the leadership of a family known as the Maccabees, rose against them and eventually drove them out in the Maccabean Revolt.

Not all Jews agreed with the ruling house of the Maccabees (the Hasmoneans) and so we have the formation of various groups or sects of Jews: the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Zealots. By 63 BCE, Rome had conquered Israel, and many of these groups felt the urgency that God should intervene now. There was a renewed interest in the details of the prophetic books, updated to reflect the current situation. Additional texts were written, recalling ancient figures of Israel to interpret views on the final days.

By the Second Temple period, there were no more traditional Prophets of Israel. Instead, we have the development of seers, men who experienced out-of-body journeys to heaven. While there, they were shown secrets of the future intervention by God. 'Apocalypse' is the term for a disclosure, the revealing of hidden things. As the revelations concerned the final days (eschaton in Greek), scholars apply the term 'apocalyptic eschatology' to the literature of this period. To convey credibility, the texts were always written in the name of an individual who was known to be in heaven. The figure of Enoch became popular as the source of the revelations.

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[judahmaccabees]

Celestial Corrector, Cleanser of Parasites

Here are the Keys to Zion you requested.

;)

The caveat-

[secular-jew]

“One of the most complicated hostage rescue missions in history.”

The rescue operation was named "Summer Seeds" (renamed "Operation Arnon", in honor of the fallen commander of the rescue mission: Arnon Zmora) and one of the most complex ever undertaken in history, even more so than the raid on Entebbe. Movies will be made about this successful humanitarian mission. Courses on military strategy will center around the brilliance of the mission's execution and outcome.

For starters, the hostages were held in a heavily civilian populated area, in 3 & 4 story buildings.

The IDF focused its rescue on the 2 apartments where the hostages were held: Noa, on the 1st floor of building 1; Andrey, Shlomi, & Almogon on the 3rd floor of building 2. The two buildings were roughly 300 meters apart.

Hamas and their Gazan civilian accomplices constantly moved the hostages from apartment to apartment, and the IDF had to be careful that if they went in one apartment at a time, the terrorists would simply move the hostages from one place to the next.

The challenge was to storm the apartments in such a way that the terrorists would NOT shoot the hostages first.

Israel's counter-terrorism unit, called "Yamam", practiced for weeks, in and around similar structures, and even built models from scratch. Adding to the complexity was that the apartments were protected by dozens of terrorists armed with RPGs and machine guns, requiring the IFF to run a dangerous gauntlet of fire in the streets and alleys surrounding the buildings.

Many Gazan civilians were killed during the dense fire exchange, and a large % of the dead hit by Hamas themselves.

According to an IDF spokesperson: "The difference between success and failure in such an operation is a hair's breadth, and we relied on exceptional technology from the Intelligence and Shin Bet. Without ground activity and maneuvering in the Gazan area, it would not have been possible to succeed."

The one on the Israeli casualty was Commander Zamora, who was a true hero. "Shin Bet and Intelligence Directorate fighters entered the lion's den in the refugee camp and dismantled houses in areas where we hadn't maneuvered," they said. "This is bravery on the level of Judah Maccabee. The operation was planned for weeks with drills, rescue plans, and fires executed, alongside scenarios of cases and responses."

The forces equipped with special weapons developed specifically for the rescue operation, targeted two houses, extracted the hostages, and withdrew while fighting dozens of terrorists. One of the IDF vehicles holding the 3 hostages came under extreme fire and was stuck. Immediately, Division 98 forces rescued the vehicle rescue in deep battle, supported by helicopter gunships, deep in the strip during broad daylight.

Three brigades participated in the battle (during which mortally injured Zamora was evacuated to the hospital): Brigade 7, Paratroopers, and Kfir with Flotilla 13, along with various special forces.

"The fire plan that was executed was focused but extremely powerful," the IDF added. "The cooperation with Shin Bet and Yamam rose to several levels into a single operational system, under the direction of the Shin Bet chief and the Chief of Staff. Four keys to the operation: deception, surprise, determination, and power."

The element of surprises was paramount in the success of operating Summer Seeds. Leading up to the launch on June 8th, intense secrecy was maintained. No battle plans were leaked to the New York Times. Thousands of soldiers involved in the operation were unaware of the ultimate goal. Only a handful of were exposed on the day of the battle, yesterday, at various levels. These forces were positioned at the correct launch points without revealing any of the key specifics.

https://youtu.be/WrGS2q9f5xA?si=MUq462aVALpkEqgS