Maccabees, Feast of the
Maccabees, Feast of the:
see HanukkahHanukkah, in Judaism, the Festival of Lights, the Feast of Consecration, or the Feast of the Maccabees; also transliterated Chanukah. According to tradition, it was instituted by Judas Maccabeus and his brothers in 165 B.C.
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