Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Sixth Night, Hanukka Challenge
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THE ḤANUKKA STORY IN EMOJIS
From the days of Alexander the 💪 of 🇲🇰, 🇮🇱 was under the ?? of the Alexandrian Empire of 🇬🇷. During the 2⃣nd century BCE, 🇮🇱 came ⬇ the 🛂 of the Seleucids who were based in 🇪🇬.
The Seleucid leader, Antiochus the 4⃣th, who modestly called himself Epiphanes, meaning “God made manifest,” decided to 🏃 up the pace of Hellenisation on the ✡s of the land of 🇮🇱. He made it illegal to publicly practise ✡, erected a 🗿 of Zeus in the 🕍, and offered a 🐷 before it as a sacrifice.
An 👴🏻 priest called Mattityahu, and his 👶🏻 👶🏻 👶🏻 👶🏻 👶🏻 and their supporters known to history as the ⚒, ⚔ back. ⬆ the next 3⃣ years, they scored a 💪 ✌ ⬆ the Seleucids, reconquering Jerusalem and bringing it 🔙 ⬇ ✡ sovereignty. They cleansed the 🕍 and rededicated it, 🔥 the 💪 🕎 that stood in the 🕍, for a celebration lasting 8⃣ days.