All posts in: Chanukah
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7 years agoChanuka – The Festival of Light
Chanuka is often described as the Festival of Lights. We find “light” being used in regard to the mitzvah of Pesach where the Gemora learns that one should use a light ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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7 months ago
Sold Out but not Souled Out – Chanukah
On Chanukah we commemorate the miracles of defeating the Greeks and the discovery of a single canister of pure undefiled oil in the Temple. But why do we still celebrate ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 years agoIt’s all greek… to the greeks!
After the Greeks banned Torah study, they came to check on the Jews to make sure that they were complying with the decree. When the Greeks arrived, the Jews took ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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7 years ago
Chanukah Vort
Vayeishev – Chanukah, 5767 Today’s adverts show modern-day Egypt to be a land of endless sunsets, pristine beaches, coral reefs and smiling tourists ..
Written by Rabbi Dovid Sipper
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7 years ago
A woman’s obligation of Chaunkah candles (for the thinking reader)
Chanukah 2; Girls Just Wanna Have… Simchas HaChag The general rule is that women are exempt from fulfilling positive mitzvos which are time-bound.[1] For example, ..
Written by daniel fine
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7 years ago
Chanukah Thought
A short idea I had during Chanukah: Any close relationship contains elements that are exclusively ‘for’ the people involved in the relationship to the exclusion ..
Written by Adam Newton
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7 years ago
For the sake of Beauty!!
On Chanukah we will celebrate our liberation from Greek sovereignty. One of the many lessons we learn from Chanukah is the Jewish outlook towards ..
Written by Rafi Jager
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7 years ago
Chanukah – Publicity Stunt!
Why is it that by the Mitzvah of lighting the lights on Chanukah there is a special emphasis on פרסומי ניסא – publicising the Miracle? We don’t find ..
Written by Yaakov Hibbert
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7 years ago
Chanukah: Celebration of…what?!
Chanuka: Celebration of…what?! Why do we huddle round our menorahs every year? Lighting candles for what exactly? So…most of us probably think because ..
Written by Aviv Bar-Ilan
