THE STORY OF CHANUKAH
BY ROBERT SANDLER
(An Excerpt....In the Days of Mattathias Maccabeus...)
"The story of Chanukah begins, not with Judah Maccabee, but with another great general, Alexander the Great, of Macedonia. In the fourth century B.C.E., Alexander conquered the world - or as much of it as he could find. His father, Phillip, had previously conquered Greece, which borders on Macedonia. Although Phillip of Macedonia conquered Greece, Greek culture "conquered" him and Alexander - a not infrequent occurrence in human history. It was Greek learning and Greek culture, therefore, that Alexander's armies spread among the various countries that they conquered in the the Middle East - including Judea. (Israel)"
Thinking of Roby....his yahrtzeit is coming up....11 TEVET, sundown December 22nd....
In honor of Roby, there will be further discussion of what is going on with his/our beloved Red Sox in the off-season and believe me, there is a LOT going on ! Ah what has changed with the philosophy of the not-beloved businessman/owner of the Sox, John Henry since he shoved our best pitcher Jon Lester out of Fenway ? stay tuned....
For a cute rendition of Those Were the Nights of Chanukah by the Yeshiva Boys Choir, click here.
2 comments:
Beautiful pictures! Happy Chanukah!
We've got our Yahrzeit candle...
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