Hanukkah The Feast Of Lights

FRONT MATTER......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 12
To the Reader: The Contributors......Page 14
Foreword......Page 16
The Victory of the Spirit......Page 20
PART ONE. HANUKKAH AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE......Page 22
Gifts......Page 24
Judaism and Hellenism......Page 26
I. The First Hanukkah: 165 before the Common Era......Page 40
II. Origin of Hanukkah......Page 43
III. The History of the Festival......Page 61
The Maccabean Spirit in Zionism......Page 74
Hanukkah in Music......Page 84
The Menorah......Page 108
The Hanukkah Menorah......Page 114
Conclusion......Page 116
Hasmonean Coins......Page 118
Modin: Birth Place and Burial Place of the Maccabees......Page 120
Hanukkah in Olden Times......Page 124
A Riddle with a Fourfold Answer......Page 132
Mystic Letters......Page 138
Mystic Numbers......Page 140
The Shammash-Candle......Page 141
Hanukkah Customs......Page 142
ANCIENT WRITINGS......Page 144
Introduction......Page 146
The Tyranny of Antiochus......Page 147
The Heroism of Mattathias......Page 151
The Maccabee......Page 154
The Valor of Eleazar......Page 157
Hannah and Her Seven Sons......Page 160
Dedication of the Temple......Page 164
The Miracle of Oil......Page 166
The Observance of Hanukkah......Page 167
Mattathias Charges His Sons......Page 170
DRAMA......Page 174
The Dungeon in the Citadel (Act V of Judas Maccabeus)......Page 176
The Magic Top......Page 188
The Valiant Maccabees......Page 216
At This Season......Page 246
VERSE......Page 274
For the Sabbath of Hanukkah......Page 276
Maccabean Battle-Song......Page 279
The Battle of Emmaus......Page 281
Lamps of Dedication......Page 285
Hanukkah Hymn......Page 286
The Feast of Lights......Page 287
The Banner of the Jew......Page 289
Feast of Dedication......Page 291
Soldiers......Page 293
Before the Menorah......Page 294
Mattathias......Page 295
Blessings for Hanukkah......Page 296
My Hanukkah Candles......Page 297
Hanukkah Lights......Page 299
The Menorah......Page 302
The Call......Page 304
Hail the Maccabees......Page 305
Hasmonean Lights......Page 306
Hanukkah......Page 307
PROSE......Page 308
The Menorah......Page 310
The Martyred Mother......Page 314
Messengers at Modin......Page 318
The Hanukkah Lights......Page 324
The Rescue of the Sage......Page 326
The Light That Never Failed......Page 334
PART THREE. FOR THE YOUNG......Page 342
Introduction......Page 344
A Song of Always......Page 346
Ruth Shines the Menorah......Page 347
Dreidel Song......Page 349
How Ruth Counted the Hanukkah Candles......Page 350
How Ruth Went Out at Night—On Hanukkah......Page 351
A Hanukkah Story......Page 353
The Brave Rider......Page 356
The Ever-Burning Light That Went Out and Was Lit Again......Page 357
Hanukkah at Valley Forge......Page 362
PART FOUR. COMMEMORATION OF HANUKKAH......Page 370
Introduction......Page 372
Service for Hanukkah......Page 374
A Hanukkah Party......Page 390
The Candle Drill......Page 406
Candle Drill for Hanukkah......Page 416
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 424
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 434