The Stone of the Altar

The Story of Chanukah A lone family lifts the banner of revolt and three thousand weaponless farmers answer to the call. They go out to do battle against a repressive power that is not held back by any restraint, fighting against infantry In the tens of thousands, thousands of cavalry and masses of war-elephants the heavy artillery of antiquity. And they are victorious. Many fell to the few, the defiled to the pure." We continue to raise the memory of the victory these some two thousand years. The author, Meir Baram, presents the mosaic of amazing events, weaving them into the fabric of a thrilling story of suspense which takes place in Antioch, Jerusalem, Modiin and Tzeredah; a story in which E iakim, the arms-bearer of Judah the Maccabee, fights for his life with those who plot against him, at that very moment of history when his people fight for their independence of the spirit.