December 14, 2009
Events
During the end of November or early December, Hanukkah begins. It happens on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. The word “Hanukkah” means “Rededication,” and is meant to remember the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 165 BC, after the Jewish soldiers wrestled it back from the Syrian-Greek soldiers. The [...]
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November 30, 2009
Events
The central idea of the Jewish faith is simple: There is one God. 4000 years ago, Abraham promoted that idea, and at the time it was quite radical. Abraham was a Hebrew man from the Middle East, where everyone believed in many gods, all of which were responsible for different things. The thought of one [...]
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