Mattathias (Hebrew: ??, Matitiyahu or Matithyahu ben Yo?anan HakKohen in Hebrew) was a Jewish priest whose role in the Jewish revolt against the Syrian Greeks is related in the Books of the Maccabees. Mattathias is accorded a central role in the story of Hanukkah and, as a result, is named in the Al Hanissim prayer Jews add to Grace after meals and the Amidah during the festival's eight days.
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