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How can I be a Jew among non-Jews?
By Yisroel Cotlar
I'm the only Jew in my class and struggling with the balance of retaining my Jewish identity while having proper interaction with my peers...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » Advice » How can I be a Jew among non-Jews?
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Oil
Fueling the Light
Why is the holiday of Chanukah so focused on oil? Why is oil so central to the holiday's history, laws and traditions?
Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » Oil
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The Thing About Oil
By Naftali Silberberg
New Orleans has long been dry from Hurricane Katrina, yet Prince Williams Sound is still feeling the effect of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill...
Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » Oil » The Thing About Oil
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Jews and Oil
By Yossy Goldman
How do we strike a balance between retaining our Jewish identity on the one hand, while at the same time being citizens of the world?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Tetzaveh » Parshah Columnists » Weekly Sermonette » Jews and Oil
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Latkes, Sufganiot & Dairy Foods
On Chanukah we eat foods fried in oil -- such as latkes (potato cakes) and sufganiot (doughnuts) -- in commemoration of the miracle of the oil. It is also customary to eat dairy foods in commemoration of Judith's heroic deed.
Jewish Calendar » Kislev » Kislev 25 » Laws & Customs » Latkes, Sufganiot & Dairy Foods
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Seeing Lessons
By Shlomo Yaffe
Hedonism and ascetics are two sides of this same Hellenic coin: when the soul (flame) meets the body (wick), either the flame gutters out, or it consumes the wick leaving only formless soot behind...
Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » The Battle » Seeing Lessons
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The Oil of Wisdom
By Laibl Wolf
Become very aware of this circuit -- wax, wick, flame, and light. Internalize this sequence into your life: wisdom, body, consciousness, and enlightenment
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Laibl Wolf » The Oil of Wisdom
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Oil and Wine
By Yanki Tauber
Wine has no secrets: when a thing is what it is, it's the same from the inside looking out and from the outside looking in
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Oil and Wine
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Oil and Wine
An inside-out festival
By Yanki Tauber
When a thing is what it is, it's the same from the inside looking out and from the outside looking in
Jewish Holidays » Purim » Insights & Inspiration » Poppy Seeds » Oil and Wine
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Oil, Wick, Vessel, Flame
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
The wick would flare and die. The oil is difficult to ignite at all. But when brought together in the lamp, they produce a steady flame. And so it is in the of the "a lamp of G-d" that is our soul
Spirituality » Essays » Oil, Wick, Vessel, Flame
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