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Man Busted Stealing Ancient Artifacts in Israel, Found With Coin From The Times of Chanukah

In the course of Border Police activity northwest of Kibbutz Ramat Hashofet, a 33-year-old resident of Kiryat Shemona was spotted using a metal detector in a registered archaeological site. One find was especially interesting – an ancient coin of Antiochos IV, dated to 169–164 BCE. “Antiochos IV was designated ‘Epiphanes’, meaning ‘God Manifest”, but behind his back, his subjects called him ‘Epimanes’ – The Madman”.

Popular Program Connecting Children with the Rebbe Expands Activities for Hakhel Year

As a new school year gets underway in this Hakhel year, administrators, principals, and teachers are working feverishly to provide in-school programming that reflects the unique spirit of the year. In what is perhaps the single most appropriate fit for such an effort, the folks at Connection Point have rolled out a full lineup of events to virtually reenact the original Hakhel in the Beis Hamikdash: Bringing everyone to personally hear Torah from the king himself.