All posts in: Chanukah

• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  Greece enlightening

  One of the reasons the Greeks targeted the Mikdash to defile was because the Mikdash ran contrary to their philosophy and outlook on life. The Greeks believed in aesthetics ..

  Written by d fine
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• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  The Meaning Behind The Lights of Chanuka

  I got an email back last week from one of the people on this list, a good friend of mine. He is thinking about spending some time in a yeshiva, but isn’t sure. ..

  Written by Tal Segal
• Inspiration

  7 years ago

  Chanuka: Growth!

  A great rabbi, HILLEL, taught that on the first night of Chanukah we light one candle and each successive night we add an additional candle until on the eighth night ..

  Written by Ben Rose
• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  Chanuka – A (Fun) Deeper Reality – Long Vort

  Everyone loves Chanuka. No question. The menora, the doughnuts, the latkes….it’s a lot of fun. But what’s the meaning behind it? What are we celebrating ..

  Written by Tal Segal
• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  A light unto the nations

  Chanuka took place during the Hellenistic oppression called Golus Yavan. Golus Yavan is referred to as the “exile of darkness” because it took away the light ..

  Written by J Fine
• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  A Possible reason for a very famous Machlokes!!

  When one day you make lots of money you are very happy. If you make more the next day you are even happier. If this happened 8 consecutive days you’d be thrilled ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  Would we be accepted???

  Many years ago there was a group of Kanai’im that made our nation proud. They saved Judaism from almost certain extinction. These brave Kana’im took ..

  Written by Benjamin A rose
• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  Would we be accepted???

  Many years ago there was a group of Kanai’im that made our nation proud. They saved Judaism from almost certain extinction. These brave Kana’im took ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  Hilchos Chanuka

  Just over 2000 years ago, during the era of the second temple the Greek army invaded and conquered the land of Israel. The Greeks embarked on a campaign to spread ..

  Written by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag
• Chanukah

  7 years ago

  Hiddur Mitzvah (the sugya) [long Vort]

  This one is another ‘more-clever-than-practical’ dvar torah, but there is still much to be gained and understood. We are going to discuss the nature of hiddur ..

  Written by D Fine