Tonight we are halfway through Hanukkah, the holiday where Jews honor the victory of the Maccabees over Antiochus IV Epiphanes and remember the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 164 B.C.E. It is said that when Maccabee leader Judas Maccabeus arrived at the Temple to purify it, there was only a small jar of usable oil to light a candle, but miraculously, the oil lasted for eight nights. For readers who are struggling to imagine how great this was for the Maccabees, the Bronx deli Liebman’s recently took to Instagram to contextualize the event for a contemporary audience:
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