BUS TOUR - IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MACCABEES
26.11.2021
Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli Tel Aviv organized , a bus tour and hike “In the footsteps of the Maccabees" before the holiday of Hanukkah. It is always awesome to spend pre-holiday free time in holiday-related places. Participants walked through the green fields of the Ben Shemen Forest and the valleys near Modiin, after the first rains. Our guide Dima Esterkin discussed the military and spiritual victory on Hanukkah, and why it is celebrated with donuts and candles, versus tanks at a military parade. We learned who the leaders were on both sides, where they lived, fought and were buried. We visited the most prominent sites of those days and received a realistic recounting of the battles and the challenges that the Maccabees overcame.
Leonid G.
Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli Tel Aviv organized , a bus tour and hike “In the footsteps of the Maccabees" before the holiday of Hanukkah. It is always awesome to spend pre-holiday free time in holiday-related places. Participants walked through the green fields of the Ben Shemen Forest and the valleys near Modiin, after the first rains. Our guide Dima Esterkin discussed the military and spiritual victory on Hanukkah, and why it is celebrated with donuts and candles, versus tanks at a military parade. We learned who the leaders were on both sides, where they lived, fought and were buried. We visited the most prominent sites of those days and received a realistic recounting of the battles and the challenges that the Maccabees overcame.
Leonid G.
