Beth HaDerech; Messianic Jewish Congregation, Toronto, Canada

Chanukah Kadosh / Holy

The Hebrew word for "dedication" is Chanukkah. Chanukah is not one of the commanded feasts of Vayikra 23; however Yochanan tells us that our holy Rabbi, Maran Yeshua celebrated this feast.  "Then came Chanukkah in Yerushalayim. It was winter, and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo's Colonade. So the Judeans surrounded him and said to him, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are Messiah, tell us publicly!' Yeshua answered them, "I have already told you, and you don't trust me. The works I do in my Father's name testify on my behalf; but the reason you don't trust is that you are not included among my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice, I recognize them, they follow me, and I give them eternal life. They will absolutely never be destroyed, and no one will snatch them from my hands. My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one can snatch them from the Father's hand. I and the Father are one." Yochanan / John 10:22 Now for some History: 168 Before the coming of King Mashiach the evil Seleucid ruler Antiochus Epiphanes persecuted the Jewish people.  They were forced, under pain of death, to do away with all things Jewish.  Some of the requirements were as follows:  wear Greek clothing, change their...