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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

In our last Hanukkah post. we briefly covered its history and how King Antiochus enforced Hellenistic laws in the Holy Land, forbidding Sabbath observance, circumcision, kosher diet and the study of Torah. He converted the Holy Temple in Jerusalem into a Temple to Zeus and even slaughtered a pig on the altar, profaning it. It was a very difficult and evil time to be living in the Holy Land of Israel. As you read through these events, ask yourself, if this were to happen in yo