## Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Second Night, Fun Fact

###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Second Night, Fun Fact 1
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**Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:**
The Maccabees were a group of Jewish Hasmonean warriors from Modi’in who rebelled against the Seleucid Greeks and defeated them, rededicating the Temple. The name “Maccabee” was the nickname of their leader, Yehuda, and means “Hammer” in Aramaic, in recognition of his strength as a warrior (although some say it was because he had a flat head like a hammer).