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Maccabees

A Live Chanukah Adventure

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Maccabees: A Live Chanukah Adventure

Experience the story of Chanukah as it comes alive in this real life presentation. This production from the Jewish Children’s Museum was performed live on Chanukah in 2006.

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Miracle of Chanukah

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83 Comments

eliaz May 4, 2023

imagine to be in the museum when this play actually happened! Reply

d April 9, 2023

cute Reply

mordy kimelman March 26, 2023

this video is made professionally and scary and unbelievable Reply

Someone Montreal August 9, 2022

Antiochus is my friends father Reply

Chaya R. Nashville March 28, 2022

My uncle is the one who plays yehudah hamacabee Reply

kjcd December 20, 2022

in response to Chaya R.:

nice Reply

Kat USA February 3, 2022

I skip the first 27 min Reply

Chassidy Koleth Johnson City December 17, 2021

Absolutely beautiful!!! Perfect for the season the world is in... Reply

? March 12, 2021

that secret about the plan is not a secret no more hehe Reply

Hi dood December 25, 2020

It is the best video ever Reply

Hi miss Hello mommy January 19, 2021

in response to Hi dood:

I agree it’s the best thing ever 😁😆😆😆😆😆 Reply

Yosi Bloom Melbourne Australia May 31, 2021

in response to Hi miss :

Yeah!😁😆😆😆😆😆 Reply

Shayna bonita November 18, 2020

I love it Reply

Pessia Toronto June 22, 2020

when the yidden were playing dreidle was their nun gimal hey and shin?? Reply

Issy Yarmush December 20, 2020

in response to Pessia:

YES Reply

Hh January 21, 2021

in response to Pessia:

No it was nun gimal hey and pay Reply

mch May 22, 2023

in response to Pessia:

no they played with spinning tops not dreidels those didn't exist yet Reply

adina runya nohoCA February 26, 2023

in response to Hh:

RIGHT Reply

ari February 9, 2020

i watched this 20 times its amazing Reply

Chassidy Koleth Johnson City December 17, 2021

in response to ari:

us too Reply

Dovi Mami November 16, 2018

So cool 😎😇😅😄☺😊😎 Reply

Someone somewhere November 13, 2018

Lovee this video!! My siblings watch it over and over. Reply

ari February 9, 2020

in response to Someone:

i know right Reply

Andrusier Moodus September 13, 2018

vere good Reply

Watched too many times April 15, 2018

One of my pet peeves... “Yentel”, “schmaltzy,” “oyoyoy” are all wrong era :) Reply

tehilla Brighton April 13, 2018

you feel like you're in Greece!
now you could understand the pain they had! Reply

Tzippy Maryland February 25, 2018

Question: I have a question.
When the Jews were playing dreidel, the sides of the dreidel are labeled nun gimmel hay and shin, nes gadol haya sham, a great miracle happened here.
the Jews played dreidel to distract the soldiers to think they were playing, not learning.
why were they labeled "a great miracle happened here" before the miracle happened? was it labeled something else before? Reply

Someone MONTREAL November 13, 2018

in response to Tzippy:

Ooo lalala. That's a really good question! never thought of that before. Reply

Sophie January 7, 2019

in response to Tzippy:

HI Tzippy! It's me Sophie Reply

Anonymous rassia January 21, 2020

in response to Tzippy:

Nes gadol haya sham means a great miracle happened there, the letters were added after the miracle before then it was not labeled. Reply

Unknown unknown November 5, 2020

in response to Tzippy:

they're using a dreidel, what do you expect? it's hard to find dreidels with nothing written on it. Reply

Chassidy koleth Johnson City August 12, 2022

in response to Tzippy:

Wow great question! Reply

Anonymous SALFORD December 2, 2018

in response to Someone:

That is a really good question. Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein has a whole shiur on this and he brings a medrash that they had the same letters because they also stand for GOSHENAH (gimmel,shin,nun,heh) to remind themselves of Goshen, the land the Jews stayed in when they were in Egypt. This would remind them to stay true to Hashem just as then. Reply

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