In Honor of Matityahu ben Yoḥanan

Yehuda Maccabee with his father Matityahu
Matityahu ben Yoḥanan
For an entire generation, Matityahu ben Yoḥanan HaKohen and his five courageous sons led the people of Judea in waging a struggle for freedom against the Seleucid Greek Empire.

In terms of intensity, the Maccabean Revolt has almost no parallel in human history. It was among the first recorded wars of liberation and it laid a model for nearly every revolution that followed.

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