Mattathias Archives - סגולה

The Youngest Maccabi – Jonathan

Guerilla leader turned charismatic statesman, Jonathan the Hasmonean exchanged his daring tactics for shrewd diplomacy to take the Hasmonean rebellion center stage Haggai Misgav The year 160 BCE found the Hasmonean family in a sorry...

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Hanukkah

Issue 24 | December 2014

Fighting for Heart and Soul – Maccabees

Yaakov Medan

The war Mattathias and his sons fought against Hellenism was perhaps even more formidable than their armed conflict against the Greeks. The religious reforms the Maccabees enacted testify to their determination to prevent the cultural...

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Hanukkah

Issue 8 | December 2011