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Show JEVISH FESTIVAL BEGINS THURSDAY The Jewish festival of Jlannukah (Dedication), whir h last.s . ipht days ' will begin next Thursday evening, w hich in the Jewish calendar, Is tho , twenty-fifth or the month of Klslev, This festival commemorates the great deliverance of Israel through the fain- ily of the Mactjli.'is, vvhleh consisted of the a,"-d Mattathlas. the bif-'h priest and his live sons. After their many victorious battles over their enemies, and after the small armv under the leadership of Juda Maccabee, which number fully destroyed the enemy, who was much rjroater n number and led by A.ntiocbu3 Eplphws v. ho watt wa-tt powerful Utn of Syria and trlcl to subject the tribes of Israel, and take away the law which the Israelites received through Moses on Mount Sl- nal. thereby depriving them of their II faith, they then entered the holy tem-l pic, sanctified every place in the tern- I pic, restored all its holiness, and at I last rededlcated it by lighting the I lltrlits of the temple, burning the an- 11 Ointed oil for eight days. The festival J Is therefore celebrated for eight days Which are days of Joy and happiness. With pral.i. and thanksgiving to God According to Rabbi M. Freedman. of 1 tgden, this festival should not only be h brated by the Jewish people, but by all nations, for w.-rc Juda Maccabee Macca-bee and his followers defeated, the litrht of the first civilization would have gone out with the destruction of the law An elaborate musical program, arranged ar-ranged by the Rev Freedman and Mrs. Joseph Benowltz. principal, will be rendered on December 1" at 7 P- m. by the pupils of the Sunday school of the Congregation Drlth Sholem synagogue |