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Depiction of the Maccabees at the Or Torah Synagogue in Acre, Israel. (PikiWiki Israel)

Why the Maccabees, the stars of the Hanukkah story, aren’t in the Bible

BY RACHAEL TURKIENICZ, My Jewish Learning
Published December 13, 2022
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