Women in the Chanukah Story by Peta Jones Pellach

Judith with the head of Holofernes, 1798, by Pietro Benvenuti

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Women in the Chanukah Story by Peta Jones Pellach


There are two famous stories about women associated with Chanukah, the story of Yehudit and the story of Hannah and her Severn Sons.

The two stories show the courage and inner-strength of the Jewish people in the time of adversity, and how strength can be shown both in action and in lack of action


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