The Miracle

Does an event need to be miraculous in order to celebrate its occurrence? The first night of Chanukah proves that this is not the case.

Monday I edited a chapter on World War II, Tuesday I was given a collection of essays on 9/11, and Wednesday the subject was Vietnam... Then it hit me: the miracle isn't that they found the flask of oil. It's that they even searched for it

Many miracles, great and small, accompanied the liberation of Israel from Hellenic dominance; but there is one particular miracle that is the sum and substance of Chanukah...

Miracles-the word itself is hazy. Just what is a miracle?Is it a world-shocking event? Or the act of human breathing

Was the miracle seven days or eight days? A question with many answers!