Hasmonaean Double cornucopia Coin Jewish women lit Shabbat lamps

Jewish women lit Shabbat lamps without a blessing until the 11th century

including in cities politically unfriendly to Athens

the people of the surrounding countryside feared reprisals from the Roman army and made haste to appoint generals and to fortify their cities

but in some homes

Hasmonaean Double cornucopia Coin Jewish women lit Shabbat lampsJohn Hyrcanus ( hrkens , Ynn Hurqans; Ancient Greek: , romanized: Inns Hurkans ) was a Hasmonean (Maccabean) leader and Jewish high priest of the 2nd century BCE (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until his death in 104 BCE). In rabbinic literature, he is often referred to as Yoanan Cohen Gadol ( ), "John the High Priest"