this 8 day long Jewish holiday is also
known as the festival of lights welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about Hanukkah the
historical significance of Hanukkah
dates back to roughly 200 BC at this
time the Jews were subjected to the rule
of Syrian king Antiochus the 4th who
outlawed their religion and ordered them
to worship Greek gods as Antiochus his
soldiers terrorized Jerusalem he ordered
the massacre of its people and the
desecration of their second holy temple
they accomplished this by erecting an
altar to Zeus within the temple and
subsequently using it as a spot to
sacrifice pigs an uprising launched in
response and this effort was eventually
led by Judah Maccabee otherwise known as
the hammer while they camped in the
Judean Hills Judah and his ragtag army
slowly drove their oppressors out of the
area with the use of guerrilla tactics
the temple was then restored and the
menorah was lit the menorah was a candle
holder with spaces for seven candles and
these candles were meant to represent
knowledge and creation the candles were
meant to burn continuously without
interruption unfortunately the Jews only
found enough pure olive oil left intact
to keep the flames lit for a single day
incredibly what followed was considered
a miracle the limited supply of oil
burned for a total of eight nights
instead of just one and this gave the
Jews enough time to find more since then
the eighth day Hanukkah celebration
remained a yearly tradition as Jews
remembered their emergence from the
darkness of oppression in tribute each
year Jews light their very own version
of the temple menorah known as a ha
Nokia this piece includes eight branches
in addition to a helper candle to light
the others with each day of the holiday
a new candle is lit and prayers are
recited Hanukkah tradition also
incorporated the preparation of special
foods including baked and fried foods
made with olive oil such as potato
latkes similar to other cultures
Hanukkah eventually took on its own
gift-giving tradition it primarily took
the form of gelt which was either cash
our chocolate coins interestingly this
custom originated in the 17th century
when Polish Jews gave their children
money to pay their teachers the parents
eventually gave them their own share
another popular tradition was that of a
four-sided spinning top called a dreidel
in Yiddish dreidel meant to turn and the
custom was said to have started as a way
for Jews to secretly study their
religion when it was outlawed each side
of this toy was labeled with a letter
and these letters represented a certain
outcome
Hanukkah is a time of remembrance and
for community and family to unite due to
its importance and enduring relevance it
continues to be celebrated and practiced
more than 2,000 years after its
foundation
known as the festival of lights welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about Hanukkah the
historical significance of Hanukkah
dates back to roughly 200 BC at this
time the Jews were subjected to the rule
of Syrian king Antiochus the 4th who
outlawed their religion and ordered them
to worship Greek gods as Antiochus his
soldiers terrorized Jerusalem he ordered
the massacre of its people and the
desecration of their second holy temple
they accomplished this by erecting an
altar to Zeus within the temple and
subsequently using it as a spot to
sacrifice pigs an uprising launched in
response and this effort was eventually
led by Judah Maccabee otherwise known as
the hammer while they camped in the
Judean Hills Judah and his ragtag army
slowly drove their oppressors out of the
area with the use of guerrilla tactics
the temple was then restored and the
menorah was lit the menorah was a candle
holder with spaces for seven candles and
these candles were meant to represent
knowledge and creation the candles were
meant to burn continuously without
interruption unfortunately the Jews only
found enough pure olive oil left intact
to keep the flames lit for a single day
incredibly what followed was considered
a miracle the limited supply of oil
burned for a total of eight nights
instead of just one and this gave the
Jews enough time to find more since then
the eighth day Hanukkah celebration
remained a yearly tradition as Jews
remembered their emergence from the
darkness of oppression in tribute each
year Jews light their very own version
of the temple menorah known as a ha
Nokia this piece includes eight branches
in addition to a helper candle to light
the others with each day of the holiday
a new candle is lit and prayers are
recited Hanukkah tradition also
incorporated the preparation of special
foods including baked and fried foods
made with olive oil such as potato
latkes similar to other cultures
Hanukkah eventually took on its own
gift-giving tradition it primarily took
the form of gelt which was either cash
our chocolate coins interestingly this
custom originated in the 17th century
when Polish Jews gave their children
money to pay their teachers the parents
eventually gave them their own share
another popular tradition was that of a
four-sided spinning top called a dreidel
in Yiddish dreidel meant to turn and the
custom was said to have started as a way
for Jews to secretly study their
religion when it was outlawed each side
of this toy was labeled with a letter
and these letters represented a certain
outcome
Hanukkah is a time of remembrance and
for community and family to unite due to
its importance and enduring relevance it
continues to be celebrated and practiced
more than 2,000 years after its
foundation
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