by holidayconnections · Published 12/03/2023
In 2023, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thu. Dec. 7th. through Fri. Dec. 15th. Hanukkah is a celebration of freedom of religion, freedom from oppression. It is the story of a few brave men “The...
by holidayconnections · Published 12/03/2023
In 2023, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thu. Dec.7th. through Sun. Dec. 15th. Hanukkah has become a very public Jewish holiday all over the world. The fact that it is celebrated between late November and...
by holidayconnections · Published 04/29/2023 · Last modified 11/05/2023
According to Baruch StermanJudy Taubes Sterman, for ancient Israelites, tekhelet was God’s chosen color. It was the color of the sumptuous drapes adorning Solomon’s Temple (2 Chronicles 3:14) as well as the robes worn by...
by holidayconnections · Published 03/27/2023 · Last modified 11/05/2023
Abraham was born in thecity of Ur, of the Chaldees, Ur was a major Sumerian city-state located in Mesopotamia, marked today by Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq Abraham[a] is the Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic...