"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
I originally had something else planned for this week’s Friday Frivolity, but I just got sent this video and just had to share. If you’ve ever struggled through the books of 1st and 2nd Maccabees, do not worry! Now it has been set to music thanks to the Maccabeats!
Okay…today’s Friday Frivolity was a little nerdy…computer nerdy. So, for today only, I’m posting a second Friday Frivolity which is Hebrew nerdy…
In honour of Rosh Hashanah, please welcome once more the Torah-tastic Maccabeats…
Want to hear more? Go listen to the Book of Good Life…
Happy Hanukkah!
Okay, now go listen to the story of the Maccabees told my favourite Jewish a cappella group, the Maccabeats.
Chag Purim Sameach!
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” – Esther4:16
This put a smile on my face this morning, Pope John Paul II singing Taio Cruz’s song Dynamite 🙂
(If you like this, check out the Maccabeat’s version of the song)
Sunset last night marked the beginning in the Jewish liturgical year of “Hanukkah “, also known as the “Festival of Lights”.
Hanukkah is an eight-day feast which commemorates the re-dedication of the Jerusalem Temple after the Maccabean Revolt in the Second Century BC. A description of this revolt is found recorded in 1st Maccabees, a book found in the Deuterocanon and therefore absent from Protestant Bibles. It is interesting to note, however, that we know for a fact that this festival was celebrated by Jesus:
“And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.” – John 10:22-23
Today on Facebook I’ve been re-publishing my previous Hanukkah posts (such as this and this), but my favourite definitely has to be the a cappella version of “Dynamite” by the ever-creative Maccabeats:
Since today is the last day of Hanukkah, here’s the latest release from the Maccabeats, “Shine”: