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  • A certain Hasmonean, Hyrcanus, had previously opened the tomb and retrieved money in a time of need.

    2008 Lenten Read-a-Thon Day 24 2008

  • A certain Hasmonean, Hyrcanus, had previously opened the tomb and retrieved money in a time of need.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • There are schools which genuinely teach Orthodox judaism to Orthodox Jews (such as Hasmonean) and they are not affected by the ruling because the demand a high level of observance to be given faith priority.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • The latter emphasizes the un-miraculous nature of the conflict and the fact that, when "free" during the Hasmonean period which followed the Maccabean conquest, Jewish leaders at times engaged in programs of forced conversion and other unsavory acts.

    Joshua Stanton: Hanukkah's History: Challenging But Full Of Meaning Joshua Stanton 2011

  • The latter emphasizes the un-miraculous nature of the conflict and the fact that, when "free" during the Hasmonean period which followed the Maccabean conquest, Jewish leaders at times engaged in programs of forced conversion and other unsavory acts.

    Joshua Stanton: Hanukkah's History: Challenging But Full Of Meaning Joshua Stanton 2011

  • “Then it goes down a stairway to the Hasmonean Tunnel.”

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • They were led by the Hasmonean family, who with their band of guerrilla warriors known as the Maccabees, drove the hated Seleucids and their Greek ways from Jerusalem and reinstated Temple worship—an event still celebrated by the feast of Hanukkah.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • If the Hasmonean period was truly the last period until the modern State of Israel in which Jews lived in an autonomous state, we must come to understand how it was that we lived.

    Joshua Stanton: Hanukkah's History: Challenging But Full Of Meaning Joshua Stanton 2011

  • They were led by the Hasmonean family, who with their band of guerrilla warriors known as the Maccabees, drove the hated Seleucids and their Greek ways from Jerusalem and reinstated Temple worship—an event still celebrated by the feast of Hanukkah.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • If the Hasmonean period was truly the last period until the modern State of Israel in which Jews lived in an autonomous state, we must come to understand how it was that we lived.

    Joshua Stanton: Hanukkah's History: Challenging But Full Of Meaning Joshua Stanton 2011

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