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2 Maccabees 1:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Maccabees 1:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 We are now reminding you to celebrate the feast of Booths in the month of Kislev.[a]
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- 1:9 Feast of Booths in the month of Kislev: really the feast of the Dedication of the Temple, Hanukkah (2 Mc 10:1–8), celebrated on the twenty-fifth of Kislev (Nov.–Dec.). Its solemnity resembles that of the actual feast of Booths (Lv 23:33–43), celebrated on the fifteenth of Tishri (Sept.–Oct.); cf. 2 Mc 1:18.
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