[Uri’el-2012]

Odd. I heard it was set when it was to offset the Pagan celebration, much as Hanukkah became a big deal so Jewish kids wouldn’t feel left out during the Christmas season.

If one needed a birthday for Yah'shua, a clear reading of Luke 1
would lead you to the Feast of Tabernacles in the Fall on the 15th of Tishrei.

But the codification of Paganism was also to eradicate any connection to
Judaism as well and replace it with Paganism.

OBTW Yah'shua celebrated Hanukkah John 10:22.

shalom b'shem Yah'shua

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Thanks!

I didn’t mean that Hanukkah wasn’t celebrated before Christmas became a Big Deal (it used to be a day of fasting and quiet contemplation, before it became the winter celebration of gluttony, excess, avarice and greed).

I only meant that Hanukkah went from a relatively minor celebration of a victory in battle, and evidence of God’s Blessing via too little oil lasting long enough to purify the Temple, to a bigger gift giving deal in response to kids feeling left out.

I’m no theologian, and not a real expert on Holy Writ, but I do try!

You seem to have more and better information at your fingertips. I was unaware of the information on the actual birthday - 15th Tishrei - and knew only that the Crucifixion was tied to Passover.

Do you know of any reference that gives the year these events happened?