<p>When asked to identify the most common allegory of redemption, people often refer to the phoenix. According to Greek mythology, a phoenix combusts into flames and turns into ashes when its time has come to die. However, a newborn phoenix rises from the ashes of its predecessor and takes its mantle. This motif repeats itself in many modern cultures that analogize the rebirth of nation-states and empires, redemption of those from the clutches of darkness, and the renewal of values that may have been lost for a time but get reaffirmed by an awakening of the masses.</p>
<p>For the Jewish people, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/11815/real-story-chanukah-and-what-it-should-mean-jewish-elliott-hamilton">story</a> of Chanukah promulgates this theme in a manner that still remains evident over 2,000 years after the Maccabean Revolt. When the Seleucid Empire began to severely oppress the practice of Second Temple Judaism, the Jewish people in Judea found themselves at a critical turning point where a decision had to be made: Either the Jews of Judea would succumb to Hellenization and reject the teachings of G-d set forth to them at Mount Sinai upon receipt of the Torah or the Jews of Judea would have to revolt against the Seleucid Empire, liberate their land from Greek influence, and reconstitute the Jewish Kingdom that had been conquered and destroyed by the Babylonians centuries prior. There were no alternatives to either fate.</p>

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