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In The Footsteps of The Maccabees

In The Footsteps of The Maccabees

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Feature: the Maccabees' 'Declaration of Independence'

In part eight of our Hanukkah special, learn how the Maccabees succeeded in establishing a sovereign state after a final battle.

Feature: the Maccabees' 'Declaration of Independence'

Feature: The Maccabees learn the folly of peace accords

In part seven of our Hanukkah special, learn how commando night raids brought victory, and peace treaties brought death.

Feature: The Maccabees learn the folly of peace accords

Feature: End of the rebellion? The fall of Judah Maccabee

In part six of In the Footsteps of the Maccabees, relive Nicanor's defeat, and the surprise battle that took Judah's life.

Feature: End of the rebellion? The fall of Judah Maccabee

Feature: Greek army breaks out the elephants

In part 5 of our Hanukkah special learn about Elazar's heroic death under the elephant, Maccabees' miraculous salvation in Jerusalem.

Feature: Greek army breaks out the elephants

Special: Maccabees battle the Greeks in the Hevron hills

Part 4 of our Hanukkah special takes you to the site of the Maccabees' battle in mountains of Hevron.

Special: Maccabees battle the Greeks in the Hevron hills

Special: The battle of Judah Maccabee in the Ayalon Valley

Part 3 of our Hanukkah special takes you to the site of the Maccabees' battle in the Ayalon Valley.

Special: The battle of Judah Maccabee in the Ayalon Valley

Special: Visit the site of Judah Maccabee's first epic battle

'In The Footsteps of The Maccabees' Part 2 takes you to where the Jewish rebels waged their first major battles against the Greek empire.

Special: Visit the site of Judah Maccabee's first epic battle

Feature: The ancient synagogue where the Hanukkah story began

Part One of Arutz Sheva's special Hanukkah series - In The Footsteps of The Maccabees - takes you to Modiin, where it all started.

Feature: The ancient synagogue where the Hanukkah story began

Walk In The Footsteps of The Maccabees with Arutz Sheva

Special eight-part series with Israeli historian Dr. Hagai Ben Artzi lets you follow the Maccabees' path from revolution to independence.

Walk In The Footsteps of The Maccabees with Arutz Sheva