Just imagine: there are whispers and rumblings. Something ususual is going on.
Priests walk around with an edge of nervousness. There’s a joy, but it’s very stressed. As you come in from your work, you feel a tension in the community that you can’t explain.
As you head across the way, one of your friends comes beside [...]
Just imagine: the euphoria of yesterday’s victory still radiates throughout your people.
There is still the dead to tend to, and there are likely some skirmishes here and there occupying some of the warriors on the outskirts of the territory.
You are outside of the temple, and you know that there isn’t enough oil to keep the menorah [...]
Just imagine: you’ve fought with your life to recover your temple from outsiders. You were not only fighting a foreign enemy, you were fighting a civil war to maintain the identity of your faith.
As the day goes on and you assess your victory, your holy men order that the temple be clensed and rededicated that [...]