The Story of Hannukah is very similar to what is happening today in Israel ....
The entire Hanukkah story is about the Israelites taking Jerusalem back as their Spiritual Home and the place of their Temple - the Dwelling place of God on Earth ... all this happens on the 25th day of Kislev (December)
Interestingly the very 1st Celebration of Hanukkah was a Celebration of Sukkot. (Festival of Booths)
Maccabees 1,2 tell the story of the Maccabees, a small band of Jewish fighters who liberated the Land of Israel from the Syrian Greeks who occupied it. Under the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Syrian Greeks sought to impose their Hellenistic culture, which many Jews found attractive. By 167 B.C.E, Antiochus intensified his campaign by defiling the Temple in Jerusalem and banning Jewish practice. The Maccabees — led by the five sons of the priest Mattathias, especially Judah — waged a three-year campaign that culminated in the cleaning and rededication of the Temple.
Since they were unable to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot at its proper time in early autumn, the victorious Maccabees decided that Sukkot should be celebrated once they rededicated the Temple, which they did on the 25th of the month of Kislev in the year 164 B.C.E. Since Sukkot lasts seven days, this became the timeframe adopted for Hanukkah.
Source: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/hanukkah-history/
Interesting post, I'm always willing to learn more.
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Thanks. Me too.
I am sure now that the date to return Jerusalem as Capital of Israel was chosen so that it was in time for 25th Kislev.
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Interesting. We saw a lot of Hellenistic influence during our trip to Israel last year.
Awesome. I would like to visit there some day.
Thanks.