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Posted on December 10, 2020December 13, 2020

Hanukkah 2020

When I first conceived this series for the holiday of Hanukkah, I wanted to focus on the Negev and Beer Sheva. Problem is, no part…

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Posted on December 10, 2020December 9, 2020

Hydrogen Energy Storage – Nes in Beer Sheva

Part of a Series - Hanukkah 2020 - Nes Gadol Haya Po - Beer Sheva and the Negev Israel is a land with very few…

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Posted on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

Good Name and Good Oil

A Good Name is better than Good Oil - Ecclesiastes 7:1 During the holiday of Hanukkah, much of the ritual surrounds oil. The menorah, which…

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Posted on December 10, 2018December 10, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here – Eleasa

INCOMPLETE WORK This series about the battles of Hanukkah is ending; today is the 8th and last day of the holiday and this will be…

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Posted on December 9, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here? – Adasa

JEWISH AMERICAN OR AMERICAN JEW? With recent tragedies in Jewish communities around the world, this question of Jewish identity is very current.  These same themes…

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Posted on December 8, 2018December 8, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here? – Capharsalma

THE TRAP After the turmoil in the Seleucid government settles down, focus is again returned to Judea.  The new emperor, Demetrius I, who lied and…

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Posted on December 7, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here? – Beit Zecharia

FAILURE AND LOSS The fifth battle, the Battle of Beit Zecharia, is one that Judah Maccabeus does not win.  It took place between Beit Tzur…

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Posted on December 5, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here – Beit Tzur

NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM After the routing in the Battle of Emmaus, Lysias himself comes to wage war against Judah Maccabeus.  He also changes tactics…

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Posted on December 4, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here? – Emmaus

DAVID VS. GOLIATH When we arrive at the third battle, there is a paradigm shift.  Josephus and I Maccabees, which gave only a few sentences…

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Posted on December 3, 2018

A Great Miracle Happened (W)here? – Beit Horon Ascent

MAKE ME FAMOUS The second battle of Judah Maccabeus which occurred less than a year after the first battle is spearheaded by an ambitious fellow -…

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