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By EMILY GOLD
Tiim*s-Democral Stuff Writer
Hanukkah celebrates the 2,000-ycar-old victory ol Jews over Syrian rulers and the miracle of lights that followed in the holy temple. Also called the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is a relatively minor Jewish holiday that has gained significance because of its proximity to Christmas.
In ancient Israel, Jews in Jerusalem worshipped in a holy temple. In the temple was a gold candelabra, called a mcnorah in Hebrew. The mcnorah could only be lit with pure olive oil that was approved by the high priest of the temple.
When Israel was taken over by Anliochus, the Greek king of Syria, his soldiers destroyed the holy temple and forced Jews to follow the Greek religion. The Jews of the temple, led by Judah Maccabe and his brothers, battled with Anliochus and his soldiers for three years.
The small Jewish army finally won the war in 164 B.C., and the Greeks returned to Syria.
The Maccabe brothers and the other Jews returned to their temple and again found it destroyed. The Greeks had placed a statue of Zeus, the Greek god, in the temple. Much of the temple's holy objects were broken or stolen, including the gold menorah.
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