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the miracle which occurred in
165 BCE.
The story is well-known.
Chanukah commemorates
the victory of Judah the Mac-
cabee and his tiny band of
loyal followers over the forces
of the Syrian king Antiochus,
who tried to subdue Palestine
by wiping out the Jewish
religion. The Greek language,
gods and customs were in-
troduced and giant sports
stadiums built; the temple
was defiled and a giant statue
of the Greek god Zeus was
placed there, with the Jews
ordered to worship it. When
Judah the Maccabbe's army
triumphed and he re-
established an independent
Jewish government, his first
priority was to purify the
Temple.
The miracle of Chanukah is
acknowledged as being that of
the cruse of oil. There was
just one cruse of pure oil left
in the Temple, but instead of
burning for just one day, as it
was meant to do, it burned for
eight days until the Jews had
time to acuqire more. It was
also something of a miracle
for such a small army to have
been victorious against great
battalions, but we are not told
that it was due to any super-
natural phenomena.
It was not a miracle in the
sense of other Biblical
miracles . . . the parting of
the sea in the crucial moment
after the Exodus from Egypt;
the staying of the sun in the
days of Joshua; or when the
great walls of Jericho came
tumbling down at the blast of
a trumpet. The Jewish vic-
tory in the Chanukah story
was evidently due (as in the
modern Six-Day War) to
superior military tactics and
strategy, and a strong motiva-
tion on the part of the Jews
that their ancestral faith
should survive.
Nevertheless, the victory of
the Maccabees appears to be
the visible and • perceptible
enactment of God's will. The
festival possesses human
significance and is far more
than a Jewish national
celebration — it is a festival
of liberty which glorifies the
right of freedom of worship for
all peoples.
This fight for the right to
practice Judaism did not
vanish with King Antiochus.
The Jews of the Soviet Union
are still denied this right, and
refuseniks continue to dwell
in the daikness of oppression.
Similarly, Syrian and Ethio-
pian Jews long for the right to
worship without fear of
reprisal and the right to
make aliya to Israel.
The true relevance of the
Festival of Lights can be felt
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