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12.What had happened to almost all of the oil in the Temple?a) It had been defiled b) It was dirtyc) It had been stolen d) It had been used for cookingThe oil for the Temple Menorah had to be, according to Torah law, pureolive oil. What is pure olive oil? Pure olive oil (and this will explain why ittook so long to get more) is made using just the first drop of each olive. Justas today we have “safety seals” to ensure that our food was not tamperedwith, the jars of oil for the Menorah were sealed with the seal of the HighPriest. When the Maccabees drove the Syrian-Greeks out of the Temple, theyfound that the seals on all but one flask had been broken, rendering themunusable since it was impossible to tell whether or not the oil had been usedfor any idolatrous worship. The pure olive oil was thus defiled.13. The patriarch of the Maccabee clan was:a) Judah b) Matityahu (Mattathias)c) Jonathan d) Johanan(See answer to question 15.)14. The Maccabee rebellion began at a public ceremony of a Jew:a) Working on Shabbat b) Eating shrimpc) Sacrificing a pig d) Bowing to an idol(See answer to question 15.)15. Another name for the Maccabees is:a) Hasmoneans b) Karaitesc) Levites d) IsraelitesIn the town of Modiin, west of Jerusalem, lived a man named Matityahu(Mattathias). He was from the Hasmonean family, which was one of thebranches of the Kohanim (priests). In 167 B.C.E., Syrian-Greek soldiers cameto the town and demanded that the Jews sacrifice a pig to one of their gods.Knowing that Matityahu was considered a righteous leader,they singled him out. But Matityahu refused to sacrificethe animal, even under threat of death.Not all the Jews of Modiin were so brave and devoted.When one of his fellow townsmen stepped forward andvolunteered to sacrifice the pig, Matityahu, outraged at the treacherousact, grabbed a sword and slew the heretic. Matityahu’s sons joined himand they attacked the soldiers, decimating the enemy by the end of the day.Matityahu and his sons then fled Modiin and took refuge in the hills.While Matityahu began the revolt, he did not live to see its end. After hispassing, within a year of the start of the revolt, the leadership was taken upby his son Judah, a valiant soldier and a wise tactician. In the hills, Judahgathered a band of Jewish freedom fighters who were prepared to fight forthe Jewish way of life. They became known as the Maccabees.16. The Chanukah story is found in which Biblical book?a) Estherb) Kings IIc) Ruthd) There is no Biblical book concerning ChanukahThe Book of Maccabees, which related the story of Chanukah, is what isknown as Apocrypha, non-Biblical texts. The books of the Apocrypha areoften related to the Biblical texts, and written in a similar style, but wereeither written after the sages closed the Biblical canon (as is the case of theBook of Maccabees) or were not seen to have prophetic insights to guide the
Table 1: The five disciplines as originated by Senge1990The fiveDescriptionsdisciplinesPersonal Personal Mastery involves individuals being more realistic about whom they really areMastery and focused on becoming the best person possible and to strive for a sense ofcommitment and excitement in their careers. Individuals learn to expand their ownpersonal capacity to create the results they desire.Mental Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalisation or picture images thatmodels influence how people understand the world and the action they take. This involves eachindividual reflecting upon, continually clarifying and improving their picture image of theworld and seeing how they shape personal actions and decisions.Shared A shared vision is a picture of the future which is shared by all. It involves individualsvision building a sense of commitment within particular workgroups, developing shared imagesof common and desirable futures, and principles and guiding practices to support thejourney to such a future.Team Team learning is a process of developing the ability to create desired results, to have aLearning goal in mind and work together as a team to achieve it. It involves relevant thinking skillsthat enable groups of people to develop intelligence and an ability that is greater thanthe sum of individual members.System System thinking is the discipline that is at the heart of the learning organisation. Itthinking integrates all others disciplines and compels everyone in the organisation to see theiractions as interconnected and as part of the organisation in terms of its structures,processes, thinking and behaviours.According to Cors (2003:4) Senge suggests that that people put aside their old ways of thinking(mental models), learn to be open with others (personal mastery), understand how their companyreally works (systems thinking), form a plan everyone can agree on (shared vision), and then worktogether to achieve that vision (team learning). In many organisations learning does take placethrough day to day interactions, however this learning takes place randomly and tends to be learningfor the sake of learning. The learning organisation approach compels organisation to make adeliberate effort to learn, and to learn at individual, team and organisational level whilst alsomaintaining focus on the impact of the learning that has taken place, in order to achieve positive anddesired outcomes.5 © SABPP – HRRI (2011) | www.sabpp.co.za
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