So…what have you heard about Hanukkah?

Well, contrary to the popular misnomer, Hanukkah is not “Jewish Christmas.”

In fact, Hanukkah predates the birth of Jesus (and therefore the impetus of Christmas) by around 167 years, give or take.

Those of us that celebrate Hanukkah (and, to some extent, Millennials who were fortunate enough to catch the Rugrats Hanukkah Special), know that Hanukkah commemorates the military victory of the vastly outnumbered Jewish Maccabees over the Seleucid Greeks, who, under the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, captured and desecrated The Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and outlawed Jewish practice (about 167-ish BCE).

Ask any modern military commander, and they’ll tell you: that the Jews prevailed and kicked out the Greeks is nothing short of miraculous. Militarily

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