{"id":3150,"date":"2025-12-16T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/hanukkah-the-dedicated-vs-the-assimilated\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:00:06","slug":"hanukkah-the-dedicated-vs-the-assimilated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/hanukkah-the-dedicated-vs-the-assimilated\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanukkah &#8211; The Dedicated vs The Assimilated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YN9BiA15Kg4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdc HANUKKAH: THE AFRICAN ISRAELITES WHO FOUGHT FOR YAH \u2014 THE TRUE STORY<\/p>\n<p>Hanukkah is not about dreidels, chocolate coins, or European traditions. It is a remembrance of African Israelites in the land of Israel who refused to assimilate into Greek (European) pagan culture. The history of our people is recorded not only in the Bible \u2014 but also by ancient historians like Josephus, who mentioned a city called Lemba in the land of Israel. Today, we see the descendants of that name in the Lemba Tribe of Southern Africa, as well as the Sena\/Senna lineage mentioned in the Scriptures. These same people are the closest cousins to many African Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Many Israelites in the land turned their backs on Yah, abandoning the covenant to embrace Greek gods, customs, and identities. But the true sons of Israel \u2014 the faithful remnant \u2014 rose up in the Maccabean revolt, choosing death over idolatry, standing firm for the Torah, the Sabbath, and the covenant identity given by Yah.<\/p>\n<p>This is our story \u2014 the story of the scattered tribes of Israel across Africa and the Diaspora. Hanukkah is the celebration of those who would not sell their birthright to be accepted by European rulers. It is a reminder that the Messianic promise still shines, and that the African Israelites remain Yah\u2019s chosen people, even through persecution, colonization, and forced assimilation.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 In this video, you will learn:<br \/>\n\u2022 Real history of Hanukkah beyond European traditions<br \/>\n\u2022 The African Israelite presence in ancient Judea<br \/>\n\u2022 The link between the Lemba Tribe and Biblical Israelites<br \/>\n\u2022 The Biblical connection to the Sena family line<br \/>\n\u2022 Why assimilation into Greek\/European culture was rebellion against Yah<br \/>\n\u2022 How the Maccabees defended Torah with courage and sacrifice<\/p>\n<p>For the African American descendants and all scattered tribes, Hanukkah is a call to return to our true identity and honor the victory Yah gave our ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>#Hanukkah #AfricanIsraelites #LembaTribe #SenaTribe #Maccabees #TrueIsrael #LostTribesOfIsrael #BlackHistoryBible #IsraeliteHeritage #ReturnToTorah #MessianicIsraelite #AfricanDiasporaIdentity #JosephusHistory #BibleProphecy #HebrewAwakening #NoMoreAssimilation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcdc HANUKKAH: THE AFRICAN ISRAELITES WHO FOUGHT FOR YAH \u2014 THE TRUE STORY Hanukkah is not about dreidels,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mamlekhet-kohanim"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hqdefault-237.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}