...The Jews in Jerusalem and in the land of Judah to their Jewish brethren in Egypt, peace and salvation!

God bless you, and remember you his covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

And give you a whole heart to fear him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul.

God will open your hearts to reflect on His Torah and keep His commandments, and will give you a blessing and peace.

If only The Lord will listen to your prayers and be merciful to you, and from hardship He will save your lives.

This is our prayer to You for all time.

In the year 169, the time of the reign of King Demetrius, we wrote to you concerning all the hardship that came upon us, with the betrayal of Yeshua and his cohorts in the the holy land, they sinned in the kingdom of Judah.

They set ablaze the gate to the courtyard. They spilled innocent blood in the land.

We prayed to The Lord our God and he headed our voice. We offered sacrifices and fine flour for the Mincha offering. We lit the lamps, and placed the show-bread on the table of The Lord.

We requested of you to celebrate the dedication of the altar with us during the month of Kislev.

It was in the year 188, They returned and they wrote for them these words.

[From the] People of Judah and Jerusalem and the elders, to Aristobulos, ?Secretary?(Meaning of word uncertain) of Ptolemy the king, from the tribe of the anointed priests, and to the Jews of Egypt, Peace and Salvation.

We are blessing The Lord our God who saved our lives from great distress [so that we would be able] to stand before the mighty and awesome king.

For The Lord has removed our enemies from our holy city, He scattered them into the borders of Persia.

And the king with his great and mighty army were killed at the house of Naniah following her priests.

For when Antiochus brought ?an army to gather his vassals?(Meaning of words uncertain) to the house of Naniah, he joked to take her as a wife in order to take her treasure houses as a dowry.

It was as the priests of Naniah brought him to the treasure house, the king and his men went into the inner chamber to see it, the priests closed the doors of the chamber behind them.

They opened a hidden door, and they stoned him and everyone with him with stones and they died.

They cut off their heads, they cut them up into pieces, and they threw them outside.

Thanks and praise to The Lord, for he has cut off the wicked from the land. They are no more.

And now we desire to celebrate the day of the dedication of the altar on the 25th of the month of Kislev. We did not refrain from notifying you to celebrate it with us.

You will celebrate it like the days of the festival of Sukkot, and like the day on which Nehemiah found the holy fire upon his return to build the Temple and the altar. He offered on it burnt offerings and sacrifices to God.

For when our forefathers were exiled to Persia, the holy priests secretly took the fire from upon the altar, and they hid it in a deep and dry pit to preserve it. No man knew its location.

It was at the end of many days, when the Lord pitched his kindness upon us, and the king sent Nehemiah to Jerusalem.

He took descendants of the priests who hid the fire, and he sent them to search for it.

But when it was told to us that they didn't find the fire, rather frozen water beneath it, Nehemiah commanded [them] to draw the water and to bring it.

It was when they were offering the sacrifice of the Lord, he commanded them to throw the water on the wood and on the sacrifice that was on the altar. They did so.

After they finished [pouring the water], the sun came out over the land, and the clouds scattered. Behold a fire of God engulfed the sacrifice! The entire crowd around was awe struck.

The priests and the people fell and they prostrated, until the sacrifice was consumed.

Jonathan prayed to the Lord, and Nehemiah and the people responded after him; they said:

The Lord our God, molder and creator of all, Powerful and Awesome, Righteous and Merciful, You alone are our King and our Savior.

The Righteous Lord who opens his wide hand for all life, The God over all Gods and Master of the world, The One who redeems Israel from all his troubles, You chose our forefathers and You sanctified them for Your service.

Desire now this sacrifice on behalf of Your people Israel, and guard Your portion and bless it.

Gather the scattered of Your nation and redeem them from the hand of the nations. Open Your eyes and see their shame, for they are the disgust of all mankind. [Do this] In order that the nations will know that You, The Lord, are our God.

Pour Your wrath upon the oppressors of Your nation, that with stubbornness of their hearts crushed us to the ground.

Bring us and plant us in the mountain of Your portion, like Moses Your servant said.

When they finished supplicating, the priests sang praise and thanks to The Lord.

It was when the sacrifice was consumed, Nehemiah commanded [them] to spill the remaining water on the floor, a flame burned and the fire from on the altar swallowed it.

It was told to the king of Persia that water was found in the place that the exiled priests hid the fire, and that fire burned a sacrifice that Nehemiah offered. He searched and investigated to see if it was true.

He found that it was true and correct. He sanctified the place and fenced it off, and he gave expensive gifts to all who found favor in his eyes.

Nehemiah called that place Hefter, saying that it is holy. Others called it Nifter.