Hanukkah is a holiday commemorating the rededication of which structures on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem?
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Hanukkah Hanukkah ( ; Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה‎ "khanuká ", Tiberian: "khanuká ", usually spelled חנוכה , pronounced ] in Modern Hebrew, ] or ] in Yiddish; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Ḥanukah) is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. It is also known as the Festival of Lights and the Feast of Dedication.
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Temple in Jerusalem The Temple in Jerusalem or Holy Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ‎ , Modern: "Beit HaMikdash", Tiberian: "Beiṯ HamMiqdāš", Ashkenazi: "Beis HaMikdosh"; Ge'ez: : "Betä Mäqdäs") was any of a series of structures which were located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, the current site of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. These successive temples stood at this location and functioned as a site of ancient Israelite and later Jewish worship.
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Passover Passover or Pesach ( ; from Hebrew "Pesah, Pesakh"), is an important, biblically-derived Jewish holiday. Jews celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in ancient Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses. It commemorates the story of the Exodus as described in the Hebrew Bible, especially in the Book of Exodus, in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. According to standard biblical chronology, this event would have taken place at about 1300 BCE (AM 2450).
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Orson Hyde Memorial Garden The Orson Hyde Memorial Garden is a 5.5 acre park on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. The park was inaugurated on October 24, 1979, by the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Spencer W. Kimball. The garden is dedicated to the memory of Orson Hyde, an early apostle in the church who visited Jerusalem and offered a prayer dedicating the Holy Land for the return of the Jews.
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History of the Jews in Iran The beginnings of Jewish history in Iran date back to late biblical times. The biblical books of Isaiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, contain references to the life and experiences of Jews in Persia. In the book of Ezra, the Persian kings are credited with permitting and enabling the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple; its reconstruction was carried out "according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia" (Ezra 6:14). This great event in Jewish history took place in the late 6th century BC, by which time there was a well-established and influential Jewish community in Persia.
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Knesset Yisrael Knesset Yisrael (Hebrew: כנסת ישראל‎ , Ashkenazi pronunciation "Knesses Yisroel", lit. "Community of Israel" ), also known as Knesset, is the name of a group of three former courtyard neighborhoods in central Jerusalem. Known as Knesset Aleph, Knesset Bet, and Knesset Gimmel (or Old Knesset, Middle Knesset, and New Knesset), the housing project was planned by the Vaad HaKlali Knesset Yisrael (Central Committee of Knesset Yisrael) and funded by overseas Jewish donors. The houses were completed in stages from 1892 to 1926. Beneficiaries of the housing were poor Haredi Ashkenazi families and Torah scholars connected to the Central Committee kolel system. Today Knesset Yisrael is part of the Nachlaot neighborhood.
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Aloha Jewish Chapel Aloha Jewish Chapel was built in 1975 on the grounds of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was designed by Vladimir Ossipoff as the first free-standing Jewish chapel built by the United States government exclusively for Jewish worship. (The Commodore Levy Chapel, Naval Station Norfolk, is the Navy's oldest Jewish Chapel, but it is part of a larger Chapel complex.) The congregation raised money for and purchased a new Torah scroll, which was dedicated on October 26, 2008. This was the first dedication of a new Torah scroll in the State of Hawaii. On the exterior of the building is the "Shalom" sculpture created in 1975 by Selma Mannheim of Los Angeles, California.
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Mount of Beatitudes The Mount of Beatitudes (Hebrew: "Har HaOsher" הר האושר) is a hill in northern Israel where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
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Animal tithe The Animal tithe (Hebrew: מַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה‎ , "Ma'sar Behemah") is a commandment in the Torah requiring the sanctifying a tithe of kosher grazing animals (cattle, sheep, and goats) to God, to be sacrificed as a "Korban" at the Temple in Jerusalem.
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2009 Temple Mount riots The 2009 Temple Mount riots by Muslim Palestinians erupted on 27 September 2009 and were ongoing as of 25 October. Violence spread through East Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank, and included throwing of Molotov cocktails and stones at Israeli security forces and civilians. Israeli police responded with arrests of rioters and sporadic age-based restriction of access to the Temple Mount. Several dozen rioters, police and Israeli civilians have been injured.
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Kamsa and Bar Kamsa The story of Kamsa and Bar Kamsa (or Kamtza and Bar Kamtza) (Hebrew: קמצא ובר קמצא‎ ‎ ) is the most famous "midrash" (Jewish legend) regarding the Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the 1st century CE. The story appears in the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Gittin, folio 55b, and in the Midrash, Lamentations Rabbah 4:3.
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Deir Es-Sultan Deir El-Sultan is a monastery located on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The "Status Quo", a 250-year old understanding between religious communities, applies to the site.
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Ma'oz Tzur "Ma'oz Tzur" (Hebrew: מעוז צור‎ ‎ "Māʕōz Sˤūr") is a Jewish liturgical poem or "piyyut". It is written in Hebrew, and is sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The name is a reference to the Hasmonean stronghold of Beth-zur. This Hebrew song is thought to have been written sometime in the 13th century. It was originally sung only in the home, but has been used in the synagogue since the nineteenth century or earlier. In more recent years, of its six stanzas sometimes only the first stanza is sung (or the first and fifth).
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The Temple Institute The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash (Hebrew: מכון המקדש‎ ‎ ), is an organization in Israel focusing on the endeavor of establishing the Third Temple. Its long-term aims are to build the third Jewish temple on the Temple Mount, on the site currently occupied by the Dome of the Rock, and to reinstate sacrificial worship. It aspires to reach this goal through the study of Temple construction and ritual and through the development of actual Temple ritual objects, garments, and building plans suitable for immediate use in the event conditions permit its reconstruction. It runs a museum in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel. It was founded and is headed by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel. Its current Director General is Dovid Shvartz, and the International Department is headed by Rabbi Chaim Richman. New York billionaire Henry Swieca has supported the institute. The Israeli government has also provided funding.
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Passover Seder The Passover Seder (Hebrew: סֵדֶר‎ ] 'order, arrangement'; Yiddish: סדר‎ "seyder") is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. It is conducted throughout the world on the evening of the 15th day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar (which falls in late March or in April of the Gregorian calendar). Passover lasts for 7 days in Israel and 8 days outside Israel (other than for adherents of Reform Judaism for whom Passover is 7 days regardless of location), with Jews outside Israel other than Reform Jews holding two Seders (on the evening of the 15th and 16th of Nisan) and Jews in Israel and Reform Jews worldwide holding one Seder (on the 15th of Nisan).
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Temple Mount The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת‎ ‎ , "Har HaBáyit", "Mount of the House [of God, i.e. the Temple]"), known to Muslims as the Haram esh-Sharif (Arabic: الحرم الشريف‎ ‎ , "al-Ḥaram al-Šarīf", "the Noble Sanctuary", or الحرم القدسي الشريف , "al-Ḥaram al-Qudsī al-Šarīf", "the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem"), a hill located in the Old City of Jerusalem, is one of the most important religious sites in the world. It has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The present site is dominated by three monumental structures from the early Umayyad period: the al-Aqsa Mosque, the Dome of the Rock and the Dome of the Chain, as well as four minarets. Herodian walls and gates with additions dating back to the late Byzantine and early Islamic periods cut through the flanks of the Mount. Currently it can be reached through eleven gates, ten reserved for Muslims and one for non-Muslims, with guard posts of Israeli police in the vicinity of each.
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Thanksgivukkah Thanksgivukkah is a holiday name portmanteau neologism given to the convergence of the American holiday of Thanksgiving and the first day (and second night) of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Thursday, November 28, 2013. It was the result of a rare coincidence between the lunisolar Hebrew calendar (whose dates reflect both the moon phase and the time of the solar year, and which can have between 353 and 385 days per year) and the Gregorian calendar. Because the calendars are not calculated the same way, Hanukkah appears at a different time each year on the Gregorian calendar.
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Temple Israel (Boston) Temple Israel is a Reform synagogue in the American city of Boston, Massachusetts. The mission of this organization is the live Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.
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Passover (Christian holiday) Some Christians observe a form of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The practice is found among Assemblies of Yahweh, Messianic Jews, and some congregations of the Church of God (Seventh Day). It is often linked to the Christian holiday and festival of Easter. Often, only an abbreviated "seder" is celebrated to explain the meaning in a time-limited ceremony. The redemption from the bondage of sin through the sacrifice of Christ is celebrated, a parallel of the Jewish Passover's celebration of redemption from bondage in the land of Egypt.
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Zadok Zadok (Hebrew: צדוק‎ "Tsadoq", meaning "Righteous") or Zadoq is a legendary priest, said to be descended from Eleazar the son of Aaron (1 Chron 6:4-8). He aided King David during the revolt of his son Absalom and was subsequently instrumental in bringing King Solomon to the throne. After Solomon's building of The First Temple in Jerusalem, Zadok was the first High Priest to serve there.
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Tomb of Samuel The Tomb of Samuel Hebrew: קבר שמואל הנביא‎ ‎ , translit. "Kever Shmuel ha-Nevi"; Arabic: النبي صموئيل‎ ‎ , translit. "an-Nabi Samu'il" or "Nebi Samwil"), is the traditional burial site of the biblical Hebrew and Islamic prophet Samuel, atop a steep hill at an elevation of 908 meters above sea level. It is situated in the Palestinian village of Nabi Samwil in the West Bank, 1.3 kilometers north of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot. On the site is a building containing a mosque built in the 18th century that was formerly a church. The tomb itself is located in an underground chamber where a small synagogue is located. The Israeli Ministry of Tourism website states "Over time practically every ancient Jewish traveler mentioned the place and its synagogue."
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Ohel (grave) Ohel (Hebrew: אוהל‎ ‎ ; plural: ohalim, literally: 'tent') is a structure built over a Jewish grave as a sign of prominence of the person buried within. "Ohalim" range from small wooden, brick, or plaster structures to large buildings which include one or more graves and area for visitors to sit and meditate.