Why Christians SHOULD Celebrate Hanukkah - Hanukkah Series Ep. 1 

Learning about them at least would help a lot. They reveal God’s calendar. Every feast points back to the Messiah Yeshua.

@@TheJewishCatholic There were so many things I didn't understand until I learn the Jewish context behind it. and there still verses I don't understand because of that

You are so spot on!

It's ok, but not a must I like chanukah & christmas🕎🎄🕎 It's with a "kh" since it begins with khet

Idiotic

Shalom!

Lol your acoustic guitar singing brought a smile on this silent Sunday night. 🕯👍🏼🕯

Catholics are actually prohibited to celebrate any Jewish holiday. It's actually a Church teaching which can not be denied by any practicing catholic. This is binding on all practicing catholic that it would be considered a mortal sin. Saint Thomas Aquinas explains that the baptized Christian observing any Old Testament ritual, sacrament, or liturgy is sinning and if done with knowledge and full consent, such an act would be a “mortal sin”: "just as it would be a mortal sin now for anyone, in making a profession of faith, to say that Christ is yet to be born, which the fathers of old said devoutly and truthfully; so too it would be a mortal sin now to observe those ceremonies which the fathers of old fulfilled with devotion and fidelity.” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I-II, q. 103, Art. 4) Saint Thomas Aquinas (and the Ecumenical Council of Florence*) identify the observance of Old Testament rituals as mortally sinful. Why? According to Saint Thomas, it implies that the ceremonial and sacrificial work of Christ did not happen. Remember that in the biblical worldview, liturgy is doing something louder than words can say. Liturgy is the highest form of communication. So when you liturgically celebrate an Old Testament reality, you are literally shouting against the New Testament reality. *Quote from the Ecumenical Council of Florence: [Note that this is not a “disciplinary canon” but a doctrinal canon because the canon reads that the Church “believes, professes, and teaches…”] 712 It firmly believes, professes, and teaches that the matter pertaining to the law of the Old Testament, of the Mosiac law, which are divided into ceremonies, sacred rites, sacrifices, and sacraments, because they were established to signify something in the future, although they were suited to the divine worship at that time, after our Lord’s coming had been signified by them, ceased, and the sacraments of the New Testament began; and that whoever, even after the passion, placed hope in these matters of the law and submitted himself to them as necessary for salvation, as if faith in Christ could not save without them, sinned mortally. Yet it does not deny that after the passion of Christ up to the promulgation of the Gospel they could have been observed until they were believed to be in no way necessary for salvation; but after the promulgation of the Gospel it asserts that they cannot be observed without the loss of eternal salvation. (Ecumenical Council of Florence, AD 1445)

@@Seraphicmode you are correct in not celebrating Jewish holidays, but here is the difference between something like Passover, shabbat, any of those and torah observance and levitcal laws. Hanukkah is not present in Jewish canon. The only ones to truly have it and perceive it as valid is Catholic and some Orthodox. Though Jews do celebrate it, Jewish scholars since 90 AD didn't pay any mind to those historic records. Not to mention Hanukkah is historical celebration, it was no where near as important in comparison to Passover. Catholics celebrate Pascha in its place, The Mass and observe the new Sabbath on Sunday. But there is no change to Hanukkah, 1st and 2nd Maccabees is important enough to be in our canon, and to be cited by apologetics for things like purgatory. Hanukkah is akin to something like thanksgiving, they're both cultural celebration. Not to mention Hanukkah was not a prescription in mosaic Law. And was instituted way after.

@@Infatuatedwithgreasymen just because it's canon to scripture does not make it okay to celebrate it. Just because Jesus celebrated it does not make it okay. Jesus himself observe the old law but it is through his Church that they are fulfilled. I would even go so far as to say advent is the fulfillment of Hanukkah even if traditional jews don't "accept it as canon". Many jews celebrate it and is now considered a Jewish holiday. Whether they accepted it or not in the past doesn't change the fact that it's Jewish and therefore should not be observed by catholics.

Yes we celebrate passover just as the jews did but the difference is we celebrate it as God intended for us to celebrate it, the way it should be celebrated, that is why Jesus through his Church has provided us the sacraments, holy days of Obligation, and liturgical seasons that honor God as we should and not how the Jews did.

@@Infatuatedwithgreasymen the fact that it's in scripture should tell us jews did in fact celebrate this despite what rad jews say, therefore it's something we shouldn't even be celebrating anymore.

The source of the Judaic faith is not Torah Shebichtav rather it is the direct Divine Revelation known as Torah Shebaa; Peh. This is why you will not find the majority of Jewish beliefs customs and practices in the Tanakh. Most Catholic beliefs customs and practices protestants argue against, is accepted by Jews. This is due to the content of Torah Shebaal Peh. G-d revealed a Tradition not a book,

In Rabbinic Judaism, which is 99% of Jews(you do have Karite, but their numbers are very, very small. I doubt even 50,000-100,000 at this point), you have Torah and Oral Torah. Oral Torah is where a lot of Jewish customs and laws come from, including all of those not found directly on the Torah. The Talmud is a great reference for this. But essentially, Rabbis and Scholars over the centuries will discuss, debate and refine Jewish law over time. Most of that is found in the Talmud.

@@deusimperator Jews whole heartedly reject Catholicism. Many Orthodox Rabbis I have met have a near hatred of Christianity more broadly. So while Catholics have borrowed some elements of Judaism, the two are not remotely compatible. You’re either a practicing Jew or a Jew that has converted to Catholicism.(Once Jew, always a Jew.) But it’s impossible to be considered an observant Jew and still follow Christianity in any form. The two religions aren’t compartible. Jesus being God, the Son of God, etc is rejected by religious Jews. He is also rejected as the Messiah, being he wasn’t a direct descent of King David, didn’t reunite all Jews in Israel and didn’t bring world peace.

@@TheJosephPrice Catholicism and Judaism are the same faith practiced as two religions - here I do not mean Rabbinic Judaism but the Covenantal as practiced during the time of Christ. What Covenantal Judaism received was the Catholic Faith obscured. Most of our Catholic customs, beliefs, and practices are sourced. Even today many of these customs beliefs, and practices are found among the Ultra Orthodox Jew. While there are rabbis who are definitely anti-Catholic, some are not including one I grew up with. If you look at the strange to protestant beliefs which the protestants disagree with, you will find Jews and Catholics agree on these.

@@TheJosephPrice Aside from the Kaarites, do most sects of Judaism broadly accept the Talmud.. and if so do they accept it in it's entirety or do some reject certain sections.

Thanks for liking

@@TheJewishCatholic 👍🙏

The last 3 popes confirm that Hebrew Catholics (jews who become Catholic) are free to celebrate their jewish feasts and holy days as long as it doesn't conflict with Catholicism. When we went to Israel we met local Hebrew Catholics who keep the jewish feasts such as Sukkot and Hannukah.

@@SaintCharbelMiracleworker Appreciate that friend. Thinking this year about going celebrating Hanukah out of respect for my wife's Jewish mom.

@@hardcorecatholic938 You might want to discuss with your wife below info which I learned from a jewish Catholic YT handle deusimperator. Long read but worth it. From conception the Church was an OFFICIAL sect within Judaism. When you read Acts 1 and if you are familiar with Halakhah Law you will immediately notice that the Church is a legal entity WITHIN Judaism. There are 3 requirements which are met. Firstly, notice that there are 120 members in this synagogue. Why is this important? It is the exact number of persons in the Halakhah regulations to form a full fledged synagogue. Judaism and Catholicism were born on Shavuot/Pentecost. To this day the Catholic Conclave has a maximum limit of 120 electors to elect the Pope. Secondly next according to Halakhah regulations there must be a "beit din" (Hebrew court) formed. We see that there is a beit-din and it draws lots and Matthias a disciple is chosen to take over Judas bishopric (episkopen). The first example of Apostolic Succession. So two of the three requirements are met. The third requirement is that there must be a NASI (prince/temporal) and an AB (father/spiritual) appointed. Curiously Peter is filling both these positions in this beit din. Why? In 190 BC the Kohan Gadol (jewish high-priest) fell into apostasy and Beit-din gadol (Hebrew court) cast a vote of no confidence splitting the Kohan Gadol into two offices the "NASI" and the "AB" within the Beit-Din Gadol. Fast forward to Matt16, in this new Beit Din Gadol (70 disciples) Christ has placed His confidence in Peter (the first AB/father/pope meaning papa) by presenting him the Keys to the temple/governance bringing the two offices back into one high priesthood the way it originally was. The pope has both temporal and spiritual powers. Peter is the NASI prince of the apostles and the AB/pope (Pope meaning papa - meaning father) as you see even today the pope as Peters documented unbroken apostolic successor is both ‘nasi’ and the ‘ab’ in Catholicism. Rachi/Jewish sage writes a commentary on the priestly role of the steward/vizier of the Davidic Kingdoms. The Keys are the keys of the Temple and Authority. When the Davidic kings were away the steward/vizier was in charge and he wore the keys the King gave him so the citizens knew who he was. The steward is given the sash/robes/keys to the temple because the role is also a priestly role. The keys were then passed onto a successor when that steward died/removed. (Isaiah 22 v15-25) The Apostles knew exactly what had occurred when Jesus gave Peter the keys. Jesus presents the keys to Peter (Pope/ab) and appoints him/his successors as His royal steward to care for HIs flock until His return. First book of Kings lists all the Kings and the royal steward/vizier is always listed next to the King because in the absence of the King he was in charge of the Kingdom. Christ also renames Peter (the only Apostle renamed) as Abraham and Jacob were renamed by God in preparation for their specific role in salvation history. Jesus, Son of David rebuilt the davidic kingdom as per 2SamCh7 - Jesus is the King, Peter/Popes are His royal steward viziers and the Hebrew court/beit-din is the Magisterium. In the Israelite kingdoms the Queen is not the wife of the King - the Queen is the mother of the King. Catholicism is not a new religion, it is the legitimate continuation of Temple Judaism (not Rabbinic Judaism). We kept the priests/vestments, incense, altar, sanctuary, tabernacle, liturgical calendar, shewbread, Saints/Tzaddiks and the sacrifice which God demands of a covenanted people, except we have the eternal sacrifice re-presented at every Mass. Catholics do not throw out what God has revealed prior and continue to hold that all that is revealed is a single continuous revelation culminating in the Catholic Faith. Judaism and Catholicism is the same faith in two covenants one old and another new. Jesus created the Melchizidek priesthood (which pre-exists the Aaronic/Levitical priesthood). This is why all Catholic priests belong to the Order of Melchizedek, the fulfilment of the theophany of Melchizedek giving wine/bread to Father Abraham. If your wife/her family need further information, visit HebrewCatholic.net and read Roy Schoemans book "Honey from the Rock: Sixteen Jews Find the Sweetness of Christ."

@@hardcorecatholic938 Catholicism shares much with Judaism due to the shared tradition including: *Purgatory/Gehenna as a place where souls are cleansed made holy, *Wake/Shiva praying for the dead, 30 days of prayers for the dead, * the communion of the saints (Tzadik), praying to the saints, saints as a source of graces, *pilgrimaging to the tombs of the saints, Rabbi Nachmann *keeping of relics and these being conduits of Divine energies and grace, *the treasury of merit, indulgences, jubilees and the requirement for a magisterium, *praying the same prayers as the liturgy of the hours, deification, *the requirement of holiness, *mortification of the self, the need habituation of charity and prayer, rules followed for baptism, *work as a form of prayer * the tabernacle holding the word of God, liturgical octaves and liturgical worship, and much more are held in common solely due to a shared tradition. These shared beliefs, customs and practices are most evident with among the ultra-orthodox Jews as they have held to the traditions more closely. These are some of the beliefs, customs and practices originating first in Judaism and carried over subsequently into Catholicism. Temple Judaism,. Temple Theology and practices form the base of ancient Christianity. Most are aware of Rabbinic Judaism as opposed to Temple Judaism. Rabbinic Judaism rose to the fore around 170AD. With the public rise of Rabbinic Judaism in 170AD it had transformed from a liturgical and sacrificial religion to one which emphasized learning. The rabbis who previously had no authority other than to teach in synagogues now established their own beit-din (jewish court) but they had no authority to create such a body. Only the Jewish priests had the authority to preside over the body but now the Rabbis presided over a court of their own making.

Jesus was born at Hannukah 5BC, 25 December. So christmas actually is hannukah.

You shouldn't be celebrating anything with religious Jews, it's a mortal sin to actively participate in other religion's rituals. It's probably fine to do it on your own but not if it's part of Jewish (religious) celebration.

@@2righthands816 Nonsense. The past 3 Popes have said it's fine to celebrate Jewish holy days as long as it doesn't conflict with Catholicism. We were born out of Judaism, to be ignorant of the jewish roots is to be ignorant of Christ. Your post only makes sense if you're talking about Hindu, Buddhist or some other faith unrelated to Christianity.

@@SaintCharbelMiracleworker Read again what I wrote. There is a difference between celebrating Jewish holy days and celebrating them WITH religious Jews. Also, today's Judaism is not the same as Judaism of the times of Christ so let's not conflate the two.

In 1997 Hanukkah was on Christmas day

@@faustinuskaryadi6610 I don't even remember leaving this comment 🤣 but Hi!

@@wendyoswalt Also Hi. And this year Hanukkah will start on December 25 sunset

That's an act of apostasy.

@@j.knight9335 It is not. Saying this is contrary to scripture. Many Jewish Cstholics celebrate Jewish holidays as there is nothing anti Christian in them.

@@Dominio-Cattolico The Popes throughout history have taught that it's an act of apostasy to engage in Jewish worship. Do you understand that their worship explicitly denies Jesus Christ?

@@j.knight9335 This is not the position of the Catholic Church today. Saying this would also require ignoring the vast majority of the Bible(including the entirety of the Old testament)

@@Dominio-Cattolico The Catholic Church cannot reverse itself on dogmatically defined issues. Anyone who participates in non-Catholic worship is guilty of mortal sin. Pope Pius XI, Mortalium Animos (# 10), Jan. 6, 1928: “… this Apostolic See has never allowed its subjects to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics…” Do you understand that Christ denial is intrinsic to modern day Judaism? Their false holidays and rites include prayers for the coming of their "messiah" which is a rejection of our Lord.

Im well aquatinted. I am part of the Association.

Celebrating Hanukkah is not The same as living according to the religion of Judaism. That is a gross over simplification filled with tremendous ignorance of both Judaism and Christianity.

​@@TheJewishCatholic 25 of kislev. Connects with December 25th However. The Hebrew calendar is NOT "stable" It changes yearly 5784, ADAR is twice Around time of our leap day February 29th

I celebrate it too!

This is irrelevant to the video.

@@AndrewAMD If you understand that Christ is God incarnate, the LIGHT of the World, the Lord of Lords and King of Kings you do not go back and light a menorah because the prophecy was fulfilled. That's why at mass you see six candles and the crucifix in the middle.

No. A Jewish Catholic is just a person of Jewish heritage but of Catholic Faith. Like an Irish Catholic… the main difference however, lies in the fact that for the Hebrew people, the Faith (from ancient temple Judaism until it’s fullness in Catholicism) has always been part of of who we are. For example, ancient Celts converted into the Faith. Hebrews were conceived in the Faith since Abraham.

Thanks! Now I imagine it would confuse some Jews if I, a gentile, celebrated Hanukkah. But anyways, I love this video and it gives me a lot to think about. God bless you!

Surely, but people will always be offended by anything.

​@@TheJewishCatholicit's why, Catholics had statues (icons) bibles were rare until The PRINTING PRESS

​@@TheJewishCatholic John 10:22

Doesn’t seem like you got the video. Saying that out of charity.

When Jesus celebrated the feast of the Dedication, that was Hanukkah (John 10:22). That's in the New Testament. Actually I know numerous Protestants that loosely celebrate Hanukkah, but I don't know any Catholics.

@@KristynLorraine jesus was born on Hannukah 5 BC, 25 December. Christmas = Hannukah

@@KristynLorraine if youve ever been to catholic mass youll notice the candles. Count how many in altar. Must be atleast two, in high mass its around 7 or it could be in menorah. Its jewish. Even the priest washing his hands and parishioners with the holy water at the entrance thats also jewish.

Christmass is not pagan. Christ was born on Hanukah but it was changed from Kislev 25 to December 25, translated from the jewish calendar to the christian calendar. How do we know He was born in December? We know because the Awassi sheep give birth in the last two weeks of December... the shepherds were out at night to make certain that the ewes did not have problems giving birth Awassi sheep are the ONLY sheep breed native to that region.

Shalom my dear brother. It’s good to hear from you. I appreciate the invitation but as you know I have quarrels with crucial points in OJ. My respect to my brethren but I gently must decline. Aside from that, I hope you are well. Missed you around these part of the web. Haha. Shalom

I see your concern. I am a Jew and I’m the one making this suggestion. Of course, it’s more of a friendly invitation rather than a direct request of action. I’m not the only Jew to suggest this. It’s just not popular. As to those who get offended, frankly I’m not that concerned as it is common knowledge that folks get offended for almost any reason. There is not issue in partaking in this… especially when you realize that Catholicism is the fulfillment of Temple Judaism… I’m not speaking about rabbinic Judaism.

You're not Catholic, you are a Protestant as you are sedevacante and you have no Pope.

Read Ex Quo, the whole thing, and you will find that there is no issue with what I’m doing here.

@@TheJewishCatholic Yo, thank you, I appreciate your message. I hope you and your family are well by the way. I will get back to you after giving it a read and let you know what I find! 🙏

@@Seraphicmode what did you find? Curious about this.

He can and he is. The last 5 popes confirm this. Who are you to question them? Judaism is the root of Christianity, without Judaism, christianity is dead. Jesus was born a Jew, lived a Jew and died a Jew. He never started a new religion and name it "Christianity". Big difference between modern Rabbinic Judaism and ancient Temple Judaism.

@@SaintCharbelMiracleworker The problem is that today terms like _Judaism_ or _Jews_ mean too many things and people get confused. Most commonly, Judaism is understood as religion/culture of today's _Jews_ which, technically, is Rabbinic Judaism (which is a continuation of Pharisees' Judaism, one might say). Because of that, we shouldn't be calling pre-Christian practitioners of Hebrew religion Jews too, but rather Israelis or Hebrews, to distinguish them from today's Jews because Catholics (or Christians in general) have very little in common with them. Catholicism is the fulfillment of Hebrew religion and Catholic Church is New Israel. That also corresponds with how the word Jew was used in the past in European languages. Basically, there was no such word as Jew/Jewish until Middle Ages and it was to describe people who practiced Rabbinic Judaism and not people of Old Testament.

That's like saying Chinese Catholic is an oxymoron.

I don't like it when a non-Christian says "Merry Christmas" to me...well, first I'll ask, "Are you a Catholic Christian or another 'type' of Christian", if they say no, I'll politely ask, "Do you understand the meaning of what you just said?" Well, if the person is understanding and friendly, I'll say, " If you don't believe JESUS CHRIST is God, you shouldn't say Merry Christmas...the name CHRISTMAS HAS THE NAME CHRIST IN IT"...I'll die before I become a POLITICALLY CORRECT PHONEY!!!...I think it's a WHOLE LOT WORSE than asking, "How are you today?", and NOT CARING ABOUT HOW THAT PERSON IS AT ALL!!!...I MEAN, WHAT ARE WORDS FOR?!

@@gabriel.stcharles Now that is just plain ignorant.

@@anthonypreziosi30 Don't worry. I may wish you a safe holiday, but I will not wish you a Merry Christmas.

@@MFPhoto1 If you are not a Christian, please don't wish me a "Merry Christmas"...if I don't know if someone is a Christian, I say "Happy Holidays!"...and, I am "not worried" about being specific and passionate about my Catholic faith, , AND NOT BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT...LIKE I ASKED BEFORE, "WHAT ARE WORDS FOR?"

As Catholics, we still celebrate the Jewish holy days, according to a different calendar... In fact, Judaism and Catholicism have the same birthday... Shavuot was called Pentecost by the Hellenic Jews... the word Pentecost is not a Christian word, it is a Jewish word for Shavuot. Pascha is the same word used by Jews for Passover, You already celebrate Jewish holidaysif you are Catholic ... you just don't know it

@@deusimperator yeah, it was pretty clever by Paul to try to retain the Jewish holidays, to an extent, while embracing the Pagan ideas of the Greeks.

@@deusimperator Catholics are actually prohibited to celebrate any Jewish holiday. It's actually a Church teaching which can not be denied by any practicing catholic. This is binding on all practicing catholic that it would be considered a mortal sin. Saint Thomas Aquinas explains that the baptized Christian observing any Old Testament ritual, sacrament, or liturgy is sinning and if done with knowledge and full consent, such an act would be a “mortal sin”: "just as it would be a mortal sin now for anyone, in making a profession of faith, to say that Christ is yet to be born, which the fathers of old said devoutly and truthfully; so too it would be a mortal sin now to observe those ceremonies which the fathers of old fulfilled with devotion and fidelity.” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I-II, q. 103, Art. 4) Saint Thomas Aquinas (and the Ecumenical Council of Florence*) identify the observance of Old Testament rituals as mortally sinful. Why? According to Saint Thomas, it implies that the ceremonial and sacrificial work of Christ did not happen. Remember that in the biblical worldview, liturgy is doing something louder than words can say. Liturgy is the highest form of communication. So when you liturgically celebrate an Old Testament reality, you are literally shouting against the New Testament reality. *Quote from the Ecumenical Council of Florence: [Note that this is not a “disciplinary canon” but a doctrinal canon because the canon reads that the Church “believes, professes, and teaches…”] 712 It firmly believes, professes, and teaches that the matter pertaining to the law of the Old Testament, of the Mosiac law, which are divided into ceremonies, sacred rites, sacrifices, and sacraments, because they were established to signify something in the future, although they were suited to the divine worship at that time, after our Lord’s coming had been signified by them, ceased, and the sacraments of the New Testament began; and that whoever, even after the passion, placed hope in these matters of the law and submitted himself to them as necessary for salvation, as if faith in Christ could not save without them, sinned mortally. Yet it does not deny that after the passion of Christ up to the promulgation of the Gospel they could have been observed until they were believed to be in no way necessary for salvation; but after the promulgation of the Gospel it asserts that they cannot be observed without the loss of eternal salvation. (Ecumenical Council of Florence, AD 1445)

I have never seen any "New Testament" holidays in the bible. lol What Christians celebrate (i.e Christmas, Halloween, Easter ) is pagan. Jeremiah 10: 2Thus says the LORD, “Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them; 3For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. 4“They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.

@@idivas_Tricia What????

lol. No, but thanks for your comment.

@@TheJewishCatholic The Council of Florence says that anyone who observes the Mosaic Law is an alien lol

This, my friend, is what I call sharing my heritage.

Ok, lib.

How can it be appropriation when our faith is a natural continuation of ancient temple Judaism. You have no priests or sacrifice and practice non-covenantal Judaism which has never existed in the history of Judaism.

cultures are meant to be shared. stop gatekeeping a frickin holiday.

Hanukkah is literally just Christmas but in Lunisolis Calendar.