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Breaking news! Hannukah was celebrated in the Iron Age!

On December 24, 2019 By arenmaeirIn Miscellaneous

Recent excavations have revealed a hunnikiyah made with Iron Age lamps, clear evidence that Hannukah was celebrated several centuries before the time of the Maccabees!

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