{"id":30735,"date":"2007-12-03T22:58:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah\/insights_into_chanukah\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T14:36:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T14:36:17","slug":"insights_into_chanukah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/insights_into_chanukah\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights Into Chanukah: A Sign of the Ultimate Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-4-e1471325861848-768x513.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-4-e1471325861848-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-4-e1471325861848-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Light-4-e1471325861848.jpg 866w\" alt=\"Light\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>Chanukah, a holiday of light, occurred at a time of darkness, during Greek rule and\u00a0right after the era of prophecy ended. 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