{"id":32621,"date":"2024-12-29T06:06:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T06:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32621"},"modified":"2024-12-29T06:11:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T06:11:42","slug":"ono-scholar-connects-beta-israel-conception-of-hanukkah-with-the-draft-law","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-scholar-connects-beta-israel-conception-of-hanukkah-with-the-draft-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Scholar Connects Beta Israel Conception of Hanukkah with the Draft Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Hanuka-Article-12.24.png\" alt=\"Article about Hanukkah and Bete Israel\" width=\"802\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Hanuka-Article-12.24.png 802w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Hanuka-Article-12.24-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/Hanuka-Article-12.24-768x560.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Ono Scholar Connects Beta Israel Conception of Hanukkah with the Draft Law<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Founder and Director of Ono\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry recently published an article in the Times of Israel entitled, \u201cHanukkah Thinking: Why Bete Israel Could Never Imagine Sitting in a Study Hall During Time of War.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The article begins by noting that Bete Israel (Ethiopian Jewry) has canonized the Book of the Maccabees, while Rabbinic Jewry has left it out of the Bible. Rabbi Shalom believes that the lessons learned by Bete Israel from the Book of the Maccabees about the need for Jews to forcefully defend our freedom and religious practice have inoculated them against the conception that,\u00a0\u201cIf we are forced to go to the army, we will leave Israel to go abroad.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Rav Shalom concludes by noting that the Hanukkah holiday is indeed being celebrated, \u201cIn those days, and at this time,\u201d as, \u201cSince the seventh of October, we have witnessed events that combined human courage and extraordinary miracles.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Happy Hanukkah!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The full article can be read at: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/hanukkah-thinking-why-bete-israel-could-never-imagine-sitting-in-a-study-hall-during-time-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/hanukkah-thinking-why-bete-israel-could-never-imagine-sitting-in-a-study-hall-during-time-of-war\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom, Founder and Director of Ono\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry recently published an article in the Times of Israel entitled, \u201cHanukkah Thinking: Why Bete Israel Could Never Imagine Sitting in a Study Hall During Time of War.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":32622,"menu_order":113,"template":"","class_list":["post-32621","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}