The 8-day Jewish celebration of Hanukkah commenced at sundown last Sunday evening, thus we're a few days into the celebration. For Jews it is a very joyous time of year, filled with gift-giving, merriment and lots of sufganiyot, making each Jewish market appear to be the biggest jelly doughnut factory on planet earth! Oh, how …
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Sunday evening at sundown marked the beginning of Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights. Though not one of Israel's seven major feasts, it is an important commemoration of the miracle of light. (See Celebrate Hanukkah the New Testament Way) Jews around the world celebrate Jewish feasts, and none more joyously than Hanukkah. But in the United …
It's the most joyful time of the year! No, I'm not talking about Christmas...I'm talking about Hanukkah, the festive Jewish holiday commemorating the miracle of light. The 8-day celebration begins tonight at sundown. As you know Jewish feasts and festivals always have a connection to the Jewish Messiah! Indeed, Jesus fulfills every one of the …
Yes, He did! Though Hanukkah is not one of the 7 major Jewish feasts enacted in ancient Jewish law and tradition (Leviticus 23), Jesus and His family were definitely in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, according to John 10:22-23. In fact, it was there, in that setting, that Jesus confirmed His deity! Hanukkah is …
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