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Hanukkah, the Festival of ____________ is celebrated
for eight days, commencing on the ____________ day of the month of Kislev
to commemorate the victory of the Jews ____________ the Hellenist Syrians
in 165 BCE.
Following ____________ victory, ____________ ____________
sons of ____________ Priestly ____________ family which led the Jews
in their revolt against the Syrian ____________ entered ____________
Holy Temple in Jerusalem defiled by ____________ Syrian invaders, cleansed
it and dedicated it anew to the service of God. Then, ____________ memory
of their victory, the Maccabees celebrated the first Hanukkah. (Hanukkah
is the Hebrew term for dedication.)
The Talmud, the ____________ of Jewish oral law, relates
how the Judean ____________ led by Judah Maccabee, were making ready
to rededicate the Temple and were unable to find enough undefiled oil
to light the lamps. ____________ in one of the Temple chambers, they
finally came upon a small cruse of oil which, under normal circumstances,
____________ have lasted only one evening. Miraculously, this small
amount of oil ____________ ____________ Temple lights burning, not ____________
one night, but for all the eight nights until new oil fit for use ____________
the temple could be obtained. This is the miracle commemorated by the
kindling of the ____________ lights.
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