Origins and History of Hanukkah

Origins and History of Hanukkah

by | Dec 2, 2018 | Hanukkah, Holidays

The origins of Hanukkah or the Festival of Lights are an event that happened 200 years before the birth of Christ. A king named Antiochus attempted to have all Jewish persons under his reign to follow the Greek religion. Under the leadership of Judah Maccabee, there...