
Hanukkah - Light in the Darkness
Upon entering Jerusalem, Yehudah and his brother priests were dismayed to see the
Temple desolate, the altar profaned, the gates burned, and the holy courtyard overgrown
with weeds. They tore their garments, cried out to heaven, and sounded the shofar. Before the last enemy had even been rooted out of the strongholds of Jerusalem, Yehudah set
about restoring the Temple. They tore down the defiled altar and built a new one. They made new implements and furnishings from what