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What Does the Name "Chanukah" Mean?

Letters and Numbers of the Festivals - Chanukah

Aaron L. Raskin

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Chanukah 1

Topics: Chanukah, Festivals

The name Chanukah itself contains many hints to the deeper meaning of the festival.

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Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn and rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York. He is the author of the books Letters of Light and By Divine Design, and the co-author of the book The Rabbi & The CEO.

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Posted: Dec 21, 2011

What Does the Name Chanukah Means

By what the letters, the names, and the meaning of it all, everything that have happened was supposed to be that way, it seems. Blessed be the Precious Name of the Holy One. May Hashem blelss my brothers and sisters all over the world, and bring back those who are living in darkness without the knowledge of Torah.
Thank you Rabbi Raskin for your teachings. Happy Chanukah!

Posted By Anonymous, Mesa, Arizona, USA

Posted: Dec 21, 2011

Chanukah shiur

Dear Rabbi Raskin. Thank you for your beautiful talk on the three miracles of Chanukah. I especially appreciate your comment on the daily miracles within nature that we tend to forget. May your light grow and grow. Sherri

Posted By Sherri Venokur, Brooklyn, NY

Posted: Dec 19, 2011

Happi Chanukah

Posted By Lanji Stevan, Subotica, Serbia