From:    heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
To:      "Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Date:    Thu, 25 Dec 1997 03:52:51 +0000
Subject: Hanukkah and Sukkot

From:        Dianne Myers
To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject:       Re: Celebrating Christmas - Part I

AMEN....Eddie this was wonderful.

Eddie I have been studying the SUKKOT and each time I study I see 
HANUKKAH?  I'm just thinking that after YOM KIPPUR comes SUKKOT:  
isn't  that pretty much what we see happening in the history of  Maccabbees?  
OR am I deceived in what I am seeing.  I'm not convinced at all that we 
only see HANUKKAH in the Gospel according to John. I think we see it 
CLEARLY and without dispute in SUKKOT. 

I would appreciate your thoughts on this.

Shalom
Dianne

>From Eddie:
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       Dianne,

       During the days of the first century, the prayers and liturgy 
that was done during the days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) 
were repeated during the 8 days of Hanukkah. King Solomon dedicated 
the Temple during the days of the Feast of Tabernacles (I Kings 8). 
Therefore, the Feast of Tabernacles is also known as the Feast of 
Dedication because Solomon dedicated the Temple at this time. 
Hanukkah is also called the Feast of Dedication.  This is why/how you 
have found both of these holidays to be similiar in various ways.
Yeshua/Jesus was conceived during the days of Hanukkah and was 
born during the feast of Tabernacles.

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From:          "Ronald R. Rickwald, Jr." 
To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject:       Re: Christmas or Chanukah ???

Eddie,

Note also that if you back up 40 weeks (the normal human gestational
period) from Sukkot, you arrive at Chanukah.

He was conceived during the festival of light!  As a light to the
nations!

40, what a number!

Ron Rickwald

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