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What are the results and implications of the Hebrew Hanukkah aggression on Al-Aqsa

PIC 04 Jan 2025
According to the Jerusalem affairs researcher, the first important issue concerns solidifying Hanukkah as a ... Settlers lit candles for the “Hanukkah” festival in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
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MANTECA MENORAH LIGHTING

Manteca Bulletin 04 Jan 2025
Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights. The Jewish holiday that celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem was celebrated Thursday with the sundown ceremony held inside the Manteca City Hall’s Council Chamber ....
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What Is Twelfth Night, And What Does It Have To Do With Christmas Decorations?

Huffington Post 04 Jan 2025
According to English Heritage, people in the medieval era used to leave their festive greenery up until Candlemas in honour of the time when Mary and Joseph took their child to Jerusalem Temple.
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Chabad Jewish Center of Greenville hosts car parade in honor of Hanukkah, see the photos

GoUpstate 02 Jan 2025
... commemorate the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and reaffirm the ideas of Judaism by lighting candles on each day of the festival.
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Photos: Lighting of the menorah celebrated at Spartanburg's Barnet Park

GoUpstate 31 Dec 2024
Hanukkah celebrates events from more than 2,000 years ago that commemorate the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and reaffirm the ideas of Judaism by lighting candles on each day of the festival.
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Photos: the Bay Area celebrates Hanukkah

The Mercury News 31 Dec 2024
The Bay Area celebrated the fifth night of Hanukkah with several colorful festivals on Sunday night ... Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday that celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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8 Chanukah traditions from around the world

The American Israelite 30 Dec 2024
Whether you’re in Argentina or Zimbabwe, Jews will mark the eight-day festival by lighting a menorah, eating fried foods and recounting the victorious story of the Maccabees and the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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A Gift of Grace for the Poor: Sunday Reflection

Hot Air 30 Dec 2024
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom ... behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
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Jewish settlers breach Al-Aqsa Mosque

Petra 29 Dec 2024
Occupied Jerusalem, Dec 29 (Petra) -- Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque/ Harm Al Sharif in occupied Jerusalem Sunday under heavy police escort.
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The battle for Jerusalem - Israel Today

Israel Today 29 Dec 2024
There is poetic justice, then, in the fact that the approaching battle for Jerusalem has come into view just as we celebrate the festival of Chanukah, the time when the Jews fought both their enemies ...
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The boy Jesus in the temple

Manila Bulletin 28 Dec 2024
Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom ... behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
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Hundreds participate in Hanukkah parade: ‘Wherever they’re driving, they’re spreading light’

Chicago Sun-Times 27 Dec 2024
It was Avi Scharmon’s first time participating in the parade ... Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is an eight-day commemoration of the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem by the Maccabees after their victory over the Syrians ... Related ... ....

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