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Comunidade Judaica do Algarve

וראגלאב תידוהיה הליהק

Jewish Community of Algarve

The Jewish Community of Algarve will be celebrating Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, with a picnic lunch in Portimão, on Sunday 21st of December.

The history of Chanukah is recorded in the Deuterocanonical book of the Maccabees. It goes back some twenty-two centuries when the Jewish people were under the rule of Antiochus IV of Syria. Antiochus attempted to Hellenise Jews and erected idols and statues for them to worship. In the small village of Modin, near Jerusalem, Mattisyahu, an old man was forced by soldiers to bow to an idol. He refused and had to flee for his life to the mountains. From there he created a guerrilla army against the oppressors. After his death, he was succeeded by Judah the Maccabee who defeated the Syrian army thereby re-conquering the badly desecrated Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple was cleaned, but when relighting the Menorah (an eight armed candelabra) there was only sufficient oil for one day and it would take a week to prepare more. But the oil lasted for eight days. It is this miracle and the spiritual survival of Judaism that is commemorated and celebrated. Members of the Community will be lighting their Menorahs at the lunch.

Further info from Ralf Pinto tel. 282416710. fax 282416515

 

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http://www.farojewishheritagecentre.org/

Tel:  +351 282 416 710
Fax: +351 282 416 515
Ralf.Pinto@sapo.pt

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