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The Menorah Files

The inside story behind the Chanukah miracle

© Natalia Kadish

Burning a flask of oil for eight days may seem a plain vanilla sort of miracle, but for the engineering teams up in Heaven Inc. it was no piece of cake.

Here's the story from their perspective —and from that of the great halachist, Rabbi Yosef Karo.

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The Contract
Light I: The Contract
Major miracle goes up for tender
Heaven Inc. e-mails all heavenly engineering firms conditions and stipulations for the menorah miracle.
The Consultant
Light II: The Consultant
Guidance from the future
How the Heavenly Court commissioned the services of an earthly consultant.
Quality
Light III: Quality
The best oil Heaven can provide
Quality Miracles and their outstanding presentation
Quantity
Light IV: Quantity
Oil unlimited from Outanowhere inc.
Outanowhere inc. presents their alternative solution
Prozac
Light V: Prozac
The limits of unlimitedness
Outanowhere discovers that more is less and infinite power is not always a sufficient solution.
Miracle Whip
Light VI: Miracle Whip
Talmudic thumbs vs. Syrian swords
Rabbi Karo stumps the Heavenly Court
The Battle
Light VII: The Battle
Flaming Wonders and the Angel of Athens
Yosef Karo confronts the angel of Ancient Greece
Darkness Shines
Light VIII: Darkness Shines
The ultimate unresolution
Halacha emerges victorious over Greek logic
A Fan Letter
...and the author's response
A puzzled fan learns that if it all makes sense, you've got it wrong.



 


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