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Chanukah

             Part I:    A Maccabee or a Wannabee?

             Part II:  To Chanukah or not to Chanukah?

If you're not very familiar with the Maccabean revolt against Antiochus (the basis of Chanukah celebrations) you can read all about it in 1 and 2 Maccabees online at: http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Kjv1Mac.html

The original "Chanukah story" is not politically correct so various modernized versions try to sanitize the ancient realities, but if we can rise above the inherent skepticism within modern Jewish society and look deeper then we soon discover things like the Book of Daniel, also being avoided by the bulk of Jewry, because much like the Chanukah story it is far too politically incorrect to be discussed in these "modern days of enlightenment."  However for souls like myself who believe in the existence of timeless and Divine Spiritual Perfection, then it's just a matter of time when HaShem (YHWH) will reign in our moments and all the wilful ignorance and rebellion will come back and bite us where it's most painful.

Religious Jews are extremely inconvenienced by the Prophet Daniel foretelling events of Chanukah and a few salient other events they would rather not discuss (i.e. Mashiyach).  Modern Orthodox Judaism is doing a similar thing today that happened in Israel during the times of the Maccabees.  Modern Orthodox Jews (Chabad for example) have been assimilated into the paganism of their own traditions, their religion revolves around "Jewish Identity" rather than the timeless ideals of the Maccabees.  Most religious Jews today take up the cause of Gnosticism, paganism, assimilation and anti-Torah ideas that were born in Hellenism, but the drawing card today is "Jewish identity" empowered by things like the "revised" Chanukah story.  It's doubtful that the heroes of Chanukah would have had anything to do with modern Rabbinical Judaism, the Orthodox today are the assimilated Jews that the Maccabees warred against way back when.

The rabbinical hierarchy has long been in bed with the Gentile kings of the earth from Hillel the Great onwards, that is why the State of Israel appears to be under the oppression of so many external political forces, but they are not as external as traditional Jews would want us to think.  The Jewish people have succumbed to a Jewish Rabbinical hierarchy that has reinvented what it means to be Yehudim.  Valiant men like Mattathias and Yonatan who hope to steer Judaism back to a Torah Observant - Faith centered on YHWH, are out there, but they are precious few and considered as rogues to the new Jew-daism.  What we have today is a Gnostic, humanistic, relativistic Jewish religion that's all about the identity of "being Jewish" rather than a Faith towards YHWH and a Fear of His Word.  Time does not afford me to write of the very many sad compromises that modern Orthodox Jewish religion is making today, but we'll touch on a few.

Your Rabbi will use the Chanukah story to idealize a "hero like status" but your Rabbi also sold out to power with "the beast".  The Beast is religious Jew-daism that overrules the Word of YHWH.  Just like the Rabbis in Germany comforted Jews to stay in Germany whilst Muslim and Christian factions ramped up a campaign to destroy Jews, so today the weapons of Jewish warfare are ignorance, deceitfulness and lies against present truth.  The big lie is that "Jewish identity" brings "deliverance", it's a self deceptive farce that is founded on the pride of being born a Jew.  No, that's not good enough, there is the thing called "conditional blessings", they are YHWH's conditions not Rabbis.

Here's a quote from the Chabad.org website:

"Judah was called "Maccabee," a word composed of the initial letters of the four Hebrew words Mi Kamocha Ba’eilim Hashem, "Who is like You, O G-d." Antiochus sent his General Apolonius to wipe out Yehuda and his followers, the Maccabees"

Most Jews recognize this quote from Shemot/Exodus 15:11 but Orthodox Jewry maintains a higher criticism than the Torah the Maccabees fought and died for.  Talmud imposed "wisdom" about Torah, while making void Torah.  The quote is flagrant disobedience towards Torah, but how many Jews can even see it?  Everyone knows that the Almighty Creator of the Universe never introduced Himself as "HaShem", or do they?

YHWH's prophets like Yeshayahu were not called Yeshahashem nor was Yirmeyahu called Yirmehashem.  The reality is that Modern Orthodox Judaism wilfully violates the first three of the Eser haDibrot (10 Commandments) by their religious traditions.  The highest levels of Rabbinical Judaism have been assimilated into paganism, yet the average Jew thinks they're making a grandiose ancient connection to Jewish identity by celebrating Chanukah?  NO, not at all.

If you haven't already been "taken" by the smoke and mirrors of Rabbinical Judaism then I ask you, how is it that "the Rabbis" can alter the most Kadosh and Perfect elements of the revelation of YHWH in Torah and never be found culpable?  It's not just the Orthodox world either, in the Messy-antic (also known as Messianic) many of the "pulpit Rabbis" are way too ashamed of pure Torah based Truth than to advocate a return to YHWH, they wear the same curses upon themselves.  And heaven knows that neither do Christians want to hear about Jews returning to a pure YHWH based Faith, it's an embarrassment to the "enlightened" it's a political and social faux pas.

Because of Orthodox tradition, Jews reject Yehoshua as Mashiyach ben Yoseph, they are ignorant of the Kingdom elements of Y'shua and also ignorant of the curse the Rabbis are putting on Jewish people and haEretz Israel and everywhere else by inventing the name "Yesu", which of course means... may his name come to naught.  The Rabbinical world asks for and bears the curse of their malicious and prolonged attack against Mashiyach ben Yoseph, but all Jews receive the wounds.  I'm amazed how ears are stopped, eyes are closed and ignorance is advocated as a safe harbour.

Every year Jews light Chanukiah's and curse their own Mashiyach, because that's what they traditionally do.  Jews have assimilated into paganism, it's "the Jewish thing to do" and it's Orthodox Judaism that leads the charge into paganism.  The great rabbis demand such respect and honor and distinction that it's rather clear who they want Jews to worship, not Avinu Malkenu the Almighty Father and King of Heaven and Earth.  Modern Judaism is little more than "self-worship," being Jewish has become the icon of the tribe.

Anyone who believes (with much religious fervency) that they must assess themselves by their own self-made religion has "been taken", they've been "cut", their fanaticism is self propelling and this is the condition of modern rabbinical Judaism.  Hillel ("Hillel the Great") is by Rabbinical standards the father of modern Rabbinical Judaism (the Pharisees).  The structure of modern Orthodox Judaism is such that any Tom, Dick or Harry can be a Rabbi, any idealist can voluntarily put themselves under "rabbinical authority" and become a Rabbi and then sit in "authority" over others.  Becoming a Rabbi is to adopt the traditions of the Rabbis. 

The unfortunate things is that the self perpetuating rabbinate has long ago codified the good, bad and evil elements of itself, so positive change will never happen from within.  Rabbis must stroke their own Jewish egos by the Jewish tradition of stroking the Jewish ego.  Jews continue to make gargantuous contributions to civilization in many fields, but not when it comes to universal Justice, equality and the common good.  Religious Jews have made themselves into their own Moshiach and in so doing they have rejected YHWH's Mashiyach (the Sent One) who they neither understand nor study because they are fearful of reform, they burn books about Mashiyach and in so doing they burn Mashiyach.  Israelis are spilling blood for their own freedom and sovereignty but Jewish pride would rather commit suicide for old and dead traditions than take up "newness of life" in Mashiyach.

The original Leviim and Cohanim fled from a "modern" Rabbinical hierarchy that took control over Judaism and the Temple.  It is recorded that Yehoshua (haMashiyach ben Yoseph) went into the Temple, made a whip and overturned the money changers tables.    Rabbinical Judaism is that big, fat, cash cow that sucks Billions each month from the Jewish people and in return provides them a "Jewish identity" the product is "being Jewish".  The Chabad market Chabad wherever two or three Jews, "hiloni" (hellenized Jews) might be persuaded to tie tefillin, say some prayers and become more authentically "Jewish."  It's a farce, many Chabad still await the resurrection of Schneerson their messiah, how utterly crass and rebellious.

The Chanukah miracle today would be if Jews would learn about Yahweh rather than the traditions of Jewish traditions.  It's a crime for Jews to understand the universal elements of Torah and the role that YHWH intended for Yehudah according to Mashiyach, Jews who do this are backstabbed by the "Jewish establishment."  Jews are sold the Dreidel story every year, then they lull themselves back to materialism heaven, and relativism, and humanism and slap a new "Jewish" label on it.

Most young ideological Jews know only the path to a Rabbi's door, to emulate him, to become Jewish according to the standards of Rabbinical thought.  Chabadniks are thought of as the standard of a religious Jew, and who hasn't got real religious and wanted a black hat and payot?

NO.  There is a much better Derek (Way) and it's in Mashiyach.  The fact is that Rabbinical Judaism made war with Mashiyach from day one, and they are on the losing side and can't even see that.  Rabbinical judaism is a curse upon all Jews if it is not able to yield to YHWH and His Mashiyach.

To be a Jew means to enter into Mashiyach, delight in Torah and put our faith in Yahweh, not in the religious icon of HaShem that was invented by the traditions of Jewish "sages".  The prophets of YHWH say that the wisdom of the sages (wise men) is foolishness, they are in contempt of YHWH and His Mashiyach and they are making war against guys like me who are calling their religious garbage what it is.  Jewish pride that is hard hearted against Mashiyach is going to die hard.  Jewish pride is shaking it's fist at YHWH and His Mashiyach, paganism is the battle cry of Rabbinical Judaism, it is an exceedingly deceitful self serving religion.  No, you wouldn't know it until you question it, until you look at the players throughout history, until you see how the Rabbis stroke their flesh and vaunt their "intellects" against YHWH and His Mashiyach.  No you wouldn't know this unless you had the courage to step out of the bubble of rabbinical Judaism and look at it as an observer, stand by a tree and watch yourself go by.

This Chanukah why not consider joining with the Maccabees of today?  Why not?  The fact of the matter is that the Maccabees went rogue before they became vogue.  And, if you have even a shred of chutzpah to be honest with yourself you would confess that you're also enjoying "sin for a season" quite nicely, everybody's doing it right?  No!  Thousands of Jews aren't buying the garbage of Rabbinical Judaism or anti-Torah secularism.  There is a "more excellent" way and it's not Judaism or Christianity, it's not about religion but about obedience to the point that you can hear the voice of the Ruach haKodesh each day and walk therein.  It's about being shomer mitzvoth not according to tradition but by being "hidden in Mashiyach."  It's about being a true Maccabee in every sense of the Words in Shemot, having the awe of experiencing, Who Is Like You O YHWH among the gods?

Mashiyach does not offer an easy way.  Forget about assimilation and pluralism within Judaism, this is old, old news already, you're only stroking your Jewish ego.  "The Sceptre shall not depart from Yehudah until Shilo comes" (Bereshith 49:10), but what the Rabbis don't want you to know is that it's a double edged sword.  The Jewish rebellion against Mashiyach is what caused the Temple to be destroyed in 67 AD, the pogroms, the inquisition, the holocaust and what is also causing the present ramping up of hatred against Jews today.  Why?  Because righteousness has been lost, it is disdained by most Jews.  Equality, Justice, are hated by rabbinical Judaism because they've seen fit to present a whole new religious experience that they slap a "Jewish label" on, but it has nothing to do with the same "Judaism" that was in the hearts of the Maccabees.

You're either a Maccabee or a wannabe but of course it's vogue to think of oneself as a Maccabee... it's "the Jewish thing to do."

Part II:  To Chanukah or not to Chanukah?

So you're a Christian and you can't do the pagan Christmas trees anymore, but you're also wondering how you might fit into Chanukah but you're not Jewish.  Well, most Christians know that Y'shua (the pagans call him Jesus) waltzed into the Temple on Chanukah; "And the feast of Dedication occurred in Jerusalem and it was winter" (John 10:22).  "And Y'shua was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon" (verse 23).  And, everyone knows people were pressing him hard saying something like, "listen... if you're the Mashiyach tell us!!!" and of course Y'shua said something like, "I told you already, and you still don't believe?"  (What do you want, an engraved invitation.)

The vast majority of Christians know that Y'shua (Jesus) wasn't born on December 25th, and that Christmas is simply a traditional religious celebration that originates with pagans, certainly NOT a Biblical celebration, it is anti-Bible, anti-Truth and anti-Mashiyach.  Christmas is a traditional religious celebration whose origins are pagan.  Christmas trees are condemned by the prophet Jeremiah (see chapter 10, please read xmass if you haven't already) so what to do then?

Here's where you sell the farm and live like a Maccabee even if you're not Jewish because YHWH chose Israel to bring Torah and Mashiyach to the Goyim (nations).  Long before anyone invented the term "Christian" the Almighty YHWH had a people that belonged to Him and to whom He had entrusted the Oracles of Life in Hebrew and Aramaic.  Now, you either join with YHWH's people or you start your own little religious fiefdom and I think that most people have been in a religious fiefdom with a head pastor and big dogs on the porch and you already know all about that movie.

So what are you going to do?  Pretend that Chanukah doesn't exist?  Are you going to shtick yer head in the sand of heathenism (the gentile syndrome) and plead stupidity?  No that's not going to get you very far when Mashiyach returns.  The fact is that the Maccabees fought against the onslaught of Gentile dominion, yes, and a lot of Jews were and are caught up in the Gentile mindset there's no doubt about it.  So you either "assimilate" and become a reprobate or you activate and start loading bullets (spiritual ones of course) and go take out the enemy.

Yes that's right, join with the Yisrael of Elohim, come and join the party and make war against YHWH's enemies.  Yes you will be hated by your Christian friends for doing so, some Jews will probably mock and scorn you too.  Yes there lots of Jews who don't give a damn about Chanukah and what it means but they'll make war against a Goy who does their shtuff when they should be doing their own shtuff.  My Dad used to say it's like a dog in the manger, the dog won't eat the hay and won't let the cows eat it either.   Y'shua said, "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."

As a Christian or Believer who was not born Jewish, it's about high time that you realized that the Kingdom of Elohim never started with "the Church."  YHWH calls His people His Kingdom and we both know that it's not only by blood but a Faith component is necessary to be received by YHWH and His Mashiyach.  How many examples do you want of rebellious Israelites that YHWH had to bring armies against to get their attention.  Why do you think YHWH allowed the holocaust, but the fact is that there are still lots of Jews shaking their fists at YHWH because He pummelled them for their crass and wicked rebellion against Him.  You should also know that there is coming a time of Jacob's Trouble on this earth that is going to be YHWH making war against both religious Jews and Christians who made void His Word.

In other words if you are going to error, then error on the side of YHWH and His Mashiyach even though you will be politically incorrect for doing so, from both camps.  The fact is that you don't serve Christianity any more than I serve Judaism.  NO, we serve YHWH our Father through His Mashiyach and only Him do we fear.  So get out some candles and get tuned into Chanukah.

Most scholars and Bible students agree that Y'shua was born on one of the Fall Festivals, i.e. Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) or Succoth (Feast of Tabernacles) and so most would say that Y'shua was conceived in Miriam's womb on Chanukah.  It was Chanukah when Miriam (Mary the mother of Y'shua) got pregnant.  Clearly there was cause for celebration by those who witnessed Y'shua's birth (personally I'm going with Succoth for Y'shua's birth), but apparently Miriam (and the Angels) were the only ones celebrating her pregnancy, the rest of the Yisraelites were celebrating Chanukah whilst Miriam was experiencing her little secret.

So the question is, what does the conception of Mashiyach have to do with the dedication of the Temple?  What are the types and symbols?  but before we get into it this let's talk a look at:

Isaiah 56:1 "Thus saith YHWH, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps Shabbat from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. 3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that has joined himself to YHWH, speak, saying, YHWH has utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For thus says YHWH unto the eunuchs that keep my Shabbat, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to YHWH, to serve him, and to love the name of YHWH, to be his servants, every one that keeps Shabbat from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant; 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people."

You just read "an House of Prayer for all people" and you realized that YES you are part of "all peoples".  Some of y'all read "the sons of the stranger" and you also thought... THAT'S ME!!!    Some of you saw that you'll be given a name "BETTER" than sons and daughters and you're in Mashiyach already, you're heart is set on doing YHWH's will just as Mashiyach Y'shua instructed!  I might as well tell you that these verses are not popular with lukewarm religious Jews because the fact is that YHWH Himself says he's going to give YOU a better name than Jews who want to play little religious "Jewish identity" games and con themselves into believing they're headed for the Olam Haba just because... they're Jewish.

The gospels record a time when Y'shua went into the Temple, braided a whip and turned the tables.  Some Christians picture Messiah with a permanent happy face, doing a "happy dance", but in reality, you don't walk in among a group of merchants (moychendizing) with a braided whip without having to use it, if you know what I mean.  Those losing their cash cow would not want to let a guy spoil their party without la resistance'.  Check it out for yourself in Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15 and John 2:15.  Y'shua had a job to do and he had a very great zeal for his Father's house.  In John 2:17 we read a quote from Psalm 69:9 "For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me."  But it's also important to read the verse before this "I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children" (Psalm 69:8).  It wasn't just that Y'shua was cleaning up the Temple of course, he was going to war with all false religion, false tradition and false authority that had brainwashed Jews into following men rather than Yahweh.

What Y'shua did in the Temple is what Chanukah is all about.  What the Maccabees did nearly 200 years earlier by cleansing the Temple is what YHWH expects of His people.  It starts here and now but returning to Him the way He asks us to.  Y'shua said it is written "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves" see Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17 and Luke 19:49.  In other words all who follow Y'shua have a job to do, here and now as it pertains to YHWH's government.  Know ye not that you are the Temple of the Living Elohim?  So does that mean now that you posture a physical Temple is non-existent or too Jewish or that it doesn't matter anymore, how lukewarm of you, NO this is not how we live.

What the Maccabees did in 165 BCE when they ran Antiochus Epiphanes (pagans) out of the Temple and rededicated the Temple to YHWH wasn't done for Jews only, but for everyone.  All who trust in Y'shua for salvation are indebted to the Maccabees, there would be no Mashiyach if YHWH hadn't set the stage and used the Jewish people to prepare his coming.  The Temple was and is a crucial part of history that provides a Voice for YHWH on this earth, which is why Jerusalem has become a cage of unclean birds.  Everyone wants a piece of the Rock (Jerusalem) to legitimize themselves according to Ancient history, and we all know that haSatan is planning to roll out a new One World Kingdom that will involve the next Temple in Jerusalem.  However, nothing will change, YHWH will clarify who belongs to Him and who doesn't.

We who are alive today are either being used by YHWH to prepare Mashiyach's return, or we're not.  We're all either Maccabees or wannabees.

Who is like unto Thee O YHWH among the gods...?

Me Cha-moe-cha Ba-ay-leem Yahweh...?

Exodus 15:11

Maccabee is a acronym from the Hebrew of Exodus 15:11.  Jews made up the acronym to give themselves strength.  They labelled themselves... "Who is Like unto Thee O YHWH among the gods" as an identity.  The question is... are you a Maccabee?  or a wannabe?

It's not a matter of lighting candles and wining and dining ourselves yet again, Chanukah isn't about the externals.  Those things only help us appreciate the season and ask us to remember who we are.  Chanukah is all about being radical for righteousness sake from within, it's all about rededication of our lives, all about Y'shua and what he did for us.  The basis of even having a Temple from time in memorial was for all people everywhere.  The Temple is a symbol of the monogenesis election of YHWH's choosing.  Adam, Shem, Noach, Avraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moshe, David, Mashiyach.  The Temple isn't a "Jewish thing", sure Jewish identity is a really big deal for many, but that's going to fade to black in the Olam haba, where there will be no Jew, no Gentile, no male, no female.

Chanukah is a time for all souls everywhere to take inventory of their spiritual content.  What is our spiritual inventory, what is in our arsenal to take out the enemy camps?  If you're too shy to publicly demonstrate your allegiance to YHWH in times like now, what are you going to do when times get rough?  NOW, is the time to say what you have to say and be who you are in YHWH and His Mashiyach.  Now is the time to dedicate our lives to righteousness, to the things that YHWH wants to write upon our hearts.  Now is the time to stand with the Jewish people and with Israel and burn down the idols that we've accumulated in our lives.  Today is that day.

Yes will pay a price to associate yourself with Chanukah celebrations.  You will be called a "wanna be Jew", a "legalist" a "Judaiser", you will have "crossed the line".  But how can you call yourself a Hebrew or an Israelite or even a Believer if you are afraid to cross the line, we're only playing religious games if we don't get radical and voluntarily put ourselves back on a Biblical foundation. 

Is Chanukah a Biblical Feast?  Yes of course it is!  Is it the same as Pesach, Shavuot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur etc, no it's not "the same" but it's a defining element of Who you serve and the people you serve YHWH along with.  Y'shua's followers didn't please the status quo they gave YHWH their allegiance.  Christians who have no allegiance to the Jewish people are pagans because they are not part of the commonwealth of Israel.

Anyone who is too embarrassed to associate themselves with Chanukah because it's Jewish nor celebrate this momentus time in Jewish history, tells us a lot about who they are and who they are not.  Where are your roots?  The Church in Antioch?  The Church in Rome?  Or, through the seed of Avraham which is Mashiyach who ministered in the Name of YHWH from before the foundations of the world began?  Do you see yourself within the monogenesis Kingdom of Elohim that was first represented by the Tree of Life in the garden of Eden?  If so how can you NOT celebrate Chanukah?

YOU are only a "HEBREW" when you cross the line and stand with YHWH and His Mashiyach.  When it comes to Chanukah you either turn the tables of the enemy or have your own table turned.  There is no place of neutrality when it comes to serving YHWH.  There is no need to model ourselves according to religious tradition whether it be Jewish or Christian, the elements of Chanukah are within Mashiyach and we are to emulate him, not religion.

We observe Chanukah because we have a zeal for our Father's House and our dedication to YHWH.  The Jewish people have no Temple today, no House of Prayer, most are assimilated into Hellenism and paganism as are most Christians.  Jews are scattered among all the nations of the earth as are YHWH's people who love Him and obey His Commandments and follow Y'shua.  Wherever we reside our calling each day is to look towards YHWH for when Mashiyach will return and set up His Government.  Contemplate His Government.  Picture in our minds what His Government will be like, how we observe His Ways now and when he returns.

"The Church" and "the State" are man's inventions, the true Israel of Elohim isn't a religious system that is birthed through Americanism or any government of this earth.  Chanukah is the time of year when we remember who we are and which Government we show our allegiance to.  No man can serve two masters.

YHWH be with you,

Shalom U'Vrachot,

Baruch ben Daniel

PS Isn't it strange how people give gifts to each other on Chanukah, you give me I give you, just like Christmas?  We know important people brought gifts to Y'shua right?  We know Jewish people brought gifts to YHWH when the Temple was rededicated but now Jews and Christians give gifts to each other.  It's a lot of self-serving, materialistic, egotistical humanistic garbage really.  It's become anti-Torah.  Anti-Mashiyach.  Why not give gifts to YHWH?  Why not GIVE THE WAY HE ASKS US TO GIVE!!!  Loose the bands of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke, deal thy bread to the hungry, bring the poor that are cast out to thy house! When you see the naked, cover him; and hide not from your own flesh?  Give to those who cannot give back!!!  Just say NO to false traditions!!!  Give, but give where it counts.  How about GIVE your resolve!  Wow!!! If we reject Babylon all false religion will go down, we MUST return back to the Faith of Y'shua and the Talmidim.  So I ask.  Do you think that the early followers of Y'shua every asked whether it was ok to do Chanukah?  Tell the truth, then neither shall you ask anyone whether a non-Jew should cast lots with YHWH and His Mashiyach.  Just do it.  Being as I'm Jewish I hereby deputize all able and willing Goy who read this and who want to celebrate Chanukah in the Name of YHWH and His Mashiyach Y'shua.  May your reject all forms of paganism and the traditions of men and return to the Faith of our Forefathers, B'shem Y'shua.  Amen ve Amen.