Maccabees

Chanukah

What is Hanukah?

Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew.  Hanukkah, also called the Festival of Lights, celebrates the Maccabean Revolt (167-160 BCE), and the narrative that Jewish rebel Judas Maccabeus vanquished the evil Greek emperor Antiochus and rededicated the Temple.

Why Celebrate it?

A time of re-dedication, a lovely reminder that we are the temple

Did Yeshua Celebrate it? 

 Yes (John 10:22) 

How to Celebrate

Lighting Candles, Eating food cooked in Oil, Special Meal with family, Read the book of Maccabees (see below for links to online resources

When is it?

Chanukah is an 8 day fesitval starting on the 25th of Kislev, in 2019 it starts on the Evening of 22 December  

Read it here

Below are links to Biblegateway.com Maccabees in several different versions

Maccabees - Good News Translation (GNT)

Maccabees - Common English Bible (CEB)

Maccabees - Revised Standard (RSV)

Maccabees - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

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Study meeting at Petrie

This independent study is held every Saturday morning on the north side of Brisbane. Please phone or email for the address. Natan and Hannah – MEA (07) 3496 2896

Morning coffee starts at 9.30am and the meeting at 10am.   Please BYO your own picnic lunch and stay for fellowship after the Study.    A further study is now available every fortnight at 2.00pm, with BatMitzvah classes on the alternate week.

Look forward to seeing you soon,

Natan and Hannah

Parsha calendar

 

MEA Study Flyer for Web

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I spy gragger

IMG_0160 (2)Printable I Spy Gragger

Instructions:

I found this idea on Pinterest, for this weeks Torah Kids Club, but couldn’t find a printable version, seeing as I went to so much effort to make it, I thought I’d share it.

What you need

  • 1 x Drink Bottle clean empty with lid
  • Rice & Food Colouring (a few drops in a zip lock bag)
  • Some or all of the following objects or any others you can think of:
    • Megillah – I made these from match sticks and paper. I just glued and rolled coloured match sticks in stripes of coloured paper.
    • Coloured letter beads for the main characters in the story I have also included Vashti (A, E, M, V, H)
    • A crown
    • A jewel
    • A heart
    • A Triangle
    • A mask
      • I couldn’t find Star of David, or Jam-Tashen
    • Glitter (optional)
    • Other jewels

Notes:

I glued the lids shut to make sure little ones don’t get them opened accidentally.

Printable I Spy Gragger.pdf