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The Maccabean Menorah: Spiritual Lights in the Smoke of War
By Ido HevroniArchaeological evidence suggests that the original Hanukkah menorah was made from the spear tips of the Maccabees.

Ido Hevroni (@IdoHevroni) is a professor at Shalem College in Jerusalem, where he is also the chair of the David and Judith Lobel Core Curriculum. He is writing a book about teaching Homer in wartime.
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Archaeological evidence suggests that the original Hanukkah menorah was made from the spear tips of the Maccabees.

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Reading Homer in wartime.

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