The Secret of Chanuka as Revealed by the Prophecies of Chaggai and Zekhariah

Before the Hasmonean rededication of the Temple, Haggai began uttering his prophecy concerning the laying of the foundation of God’s Sanctuary around the same calendar date as Hanukka but many generations earlier. The prophecies of Chaggai and Zekharia were clear and relevant in the eyes of the Hasmoneans, disappeared from the consciousness of later generations to the point where all the concepts of Hannuka became entangled in a knot of riddles. This lesson proposes an all-encompassing explanation for the riddle of Hannuka.