1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical ... Mattathias soon dies, but appoints his son, Judas Maccabeus, to take command of the military forces they have gathered (2:66). Judas leads the ...

This coming Monday, we will begin the new month of Kislev, which means it’s Hanukkah time once again. The story of Hanukkah is well known to every Jew from kindergarten onward, the story of the ...