Hannukah/Maccabean Revolt – Entire Seven-Part Series

Okay, so here we have all seven parts of my teaching series on Hannukah and why it is so important to understand. We start with the significance of the Temple, and the offerings that were given on feast days. Then we cover the events leading up to the Maccabean revolt and end up with the story of the first Hannukah. In the final video, I read from numerous accounts of Hannukah from I and II Maccabees, Josephus, and i even talk about the famous Hannukah argument between Hillel and Shammai in the first century BCE. If you want to just get the whole playlist on YouTube, here it is

Okay, here are the links to some of the resources:

I Maccabees (starting with Chap 1)

II Maccabees

Josephus

The Hannukah Anthology by Philip Goodman

and here are some of my favorite fun videos from the Maccabeats, a Jewish acapella group (I love acapella)