Many, many years ago The Syrian king wanted the Jews to go Antiochus Epiphanes Sent to Jerusalem the

Greek armies Against the Jews he passed terrible laws Destroyed everything even the temple doors Practising your religion would get you killed The fear among t he people steadily filled He oppressed the people horribly Until the appearance of Mattityahu Maccabee He ran away with his sons to the mountain peaks Formed an army to fight the Greeks The Greeks outnumbered them 10 times But the Maccabees were bitter after the Greeks crimes They won back the whole of Israel Even against the huge odds for them to fail Victorious to Jerusalem they returned To fix everything that had been burned The temple was ruined but nevertheless The Jews tried to fix this terrible mess They had to try and rekindle the light But they could find only enough oil for just one night The next miracle has yet to come Their next challenge had just begun To get more oil took eight days But everyday the menorah must blaze