Hanukkah was celebrated during the time of Jesus. As a Jew, Jesus would certainly have celebrated Hanukkah. He would have observed the Hanukkah festival according to the laws and customs of his community. The festival would have been celebrated, at least, with the lighting of a Hanukkah lamp (or lamps.
Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish Posters!
2007-12-04 06:23:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no , Jesus left being a jew once they didn't accept the gift of God, Jesus and accept him as Savior; Jesus said I am the way the truth and the light , no one gets to the father except through the son; they felt that they knew better than God and his plan and didn't accept salvation; he follows the plan of his father which is what the religion is suppose to be about , GOD
2007-12-04 06:53:13 · answer #1 · answered by sml 6 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Thank you for the kind wishes.
It is clear from the Talmud that Hanukkah was celebrated for at least 100 years by the time of Jesus. (The events of Hanukkah occurred in 163 BCE, by most accounts). And the Talmud also describes various customs for publicizing the miracle of Hanukkah. What is unclear is the nature of that celebration during the times of Jesus when the Jews were under varying degrees of Roman oppression. As Hanukkah is a 'rabbinic' holiday...ie not mandated in the Torah, its observance could be curtailed or suspended if there was a pressing threat to the community.
2007-12-04 06:37:23 · answer #2 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was jewish and kept jewish law, but no where in the bible does it say he celebrated hanukkah (at least nowhere I've ever read). Actually, nowhere in the bible does it say that anybody celebrated it.
The story of the maccabees are in an apocryphal book not included in the traditional jewish scriptures.
Celebrating hanukkah is not a jewish rule (you can be jewish without celebrating it), just like celebrating xmas is not a requirement to be christian. You can if you want to (and most do), but it's not a requirement.
I don't know when hanukkah started being celebrated (it probably started after the death of jesus, but again I don't know for sure).
Nice try. But try again (and try to use a little more logic next time).
2007-12-04 07:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by James Bond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we do, blue and white candles for the menorah and all.
Shalom. By the way what is it meaning: Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish Posters! What Jewish Posters????
Ch'all I Ch'know is the Hanukkah is ch'spelled where I come from like ch'this:
Chanukah. But ch'ya ch'know things keep changing quickly around here so I may have missed something important.
2007-12-04 06:31:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have anything against Hanukkah. I think it's a great holiday, and it's great that that light stayed lit for 8 days. But no I don't celebrate it. Jesus as a hebrew did alot of things we don't do today. I'm not Jewish or Hebrew so it's not one of my family's traditions.
2007-12-04 06:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by misty_dawn1100 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can't work up enough phlegm to say it. Just kidding I love the Jews. I have never had one push their religion on me. And we owe them praise for the best corned beef there is...
2007-12-04 06:31:10 · answer #6 · answered by tuyet n 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I wouldn't know how. And I don't believe in Jesus.
But I do like latkes.
2007-12-04 06:30:15 · answer #7 · answered by MiaOMya 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus didn't even observe the sabbath....the law was obsolete...he came to replace it......he observed no such holiday
2007-12-04 06:31:02 · answer #8 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no im not jewish..
i was in a cult where we did passover and tabernacles all that for 20 yrs...too legalistic...ugh
2007-12-04 07:53:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is a good one !
2007-12-04 06:45:53 · answer #10 · answered by AnGe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋