WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jewish festival of Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Temple following Judas Maccabeus’s victory over the Seleucids.

Detailed explanation-2: -Though he died soon after in about 167 BCE, his cause was taken by his son, Judas Maccabeus. In subsequent years, Maccabeus fought successful battles against the Seleucids and even retook control of Jerusalem and the Temple of Jerusalem. This is celebrated today in the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hanukkah (/ˈhɑːnəkə/; Hebrew: , Modern: Ḥanukka, Tiberian: Ḥănukkā listen) is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The new Seleucid king makes peace with the Jews and and confirms his permission for them to live in accordance with their ancestral laws. High priest Menelaos is executed as the “originator of all the desasters” and in his place Alkimos, a Zadokite, is made high priest.