Feast of Dedication

Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication and rededication, celebrates and commemorates one of the first recorded fights for religious freedom; the successful revolt of an assimilated but strongly identifying Jewish minority against the much stronger cultural majority of the Seleucid Greeks.

Rabbi Barry A. Kenter: Hanukkah: Not Quite The Jewish Christmas Rabbi Barry A. Kenter 2011

The Rabbis teach that the precept relating to the lighting of a candle at the Feast of Dedication applies to a whole household, but that those who are particular light a candle for each individual member, and those that are extremely particular light up eight candles on the first day, seven on the second, decreasing the number by one each day.

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various

The Feast of Dedication is annually celebrated by all Jews everywhere, to commemorate the purifying of the Temple and the restoration of its worship after its desecration by Antiochus

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various

Feast of the New Moon, the Feast of Purim, the Feast of Dedication, by various commentators; others openly confess that they cannot determine to which of the Jewish feasts this festival day refers.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The Feast of Dedication brought Jesus again to Jerusalem, and occasioned another discussion with the Jews.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

"How long keepest thou our soul in suspense?" was the question put to Him as late as the Feast of Dedication, 28 A.D., the year before

Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 1902

Jesus returned to Jerusalem in time to attend the Feast of Dedication during the last winter of His earthly life.

Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897

Nearly two years before, He had called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God (John v. 18); and again, comparatively recently, at the Feast of Dedication, He had claimed that

Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. 1888

Feast of Dedication; visit to Mary and Martha: the Jews at Jerusalem attempt to stone him; he goes beyond Jordan.

The New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John 1886

* (18) Discourse at the Feast of Dedication in Solomon's Porch.

The New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John 1886