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The Menorah
Make Light! The Menorah lighting was instituted as a publicity strategy: advertising to the entire world that G‑d makes miracles for those who stand up for truth and justice. Find out how this mitzvah is done...
Jewish Practice » Mitzvah Minutes » Holiday » The Menorah
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A Street Drain, Hot Ice & the Chanuka Flames
A Lesson In Metaphysics By Shimona Tzukernik Are things as they appear to be? Or is everything also its opposite? Is heat hot? Or is it cold as well? Is ice fire? And am I no-thing?
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Time in Thought » Chanukah & Kislev » A Street Drain, Hot Ice & the Chanuka Flames
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Candle on the River
By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (from the Writings of the Ari as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital); translated and edited by Baruch Emanuel Erdstein Kabbalistic meditations on Chanukah show that redemption depends on consciousness
Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Hanukah » The Holy Ari » Candle on the River
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Doorposts
By Yanki Tauber Two mitzvot are connected with the doorway: the mezuzah and the Chanukah lights. The mezuzah points inward, while the Chanukah lights are oriented outward
Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » Light » Doorposts
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Chanukah Begins Tonight; Kindle One Light this evening
The eight-day festival of Chanukah begins tonight. In commemorartion of the miracle of the oil (see "Today in Jewish History" for Kislev 25) we kindle the Chanukah lights -- oli lamps or candles -- each evening for eight days, increasing the number of ...
Jewish Calendar » Kislev » Kislev 24 » Laws & Customs » Chanukah Begins Tonight; Kindle One Light this evening
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The Message of the Chanukah Lights
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson The Message of the Chanukah Lights “A Mitzvah is a Lamp” On Chanukah, the Previous Rebbe would tell his chassidim, Kuntreis Baruch SheAsah Nissim (Kehot, N.Y., 5711). “We must listen carefully to what the candles are saying.” In fact, the message of the ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Timeless Patterns in Time » Chanukah » The Message of the Chanukah Lights
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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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Candles Behind Bars
By Eli & Malka Touger There are 50 states in the US, said the Rebbe, and all but one allowed Jewish inmates to light Chanukah candles. "Would you believe it? It is only here, in New York State, that prisoners cannot light menorahs for Chanukah!"
Library » Stories » Chassidic » Candles Behind Bars
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A Long Day For Morgenstern
by Mike Indgin Morgenstern drove slowly, carefully surveying the suburban neighborhood. Night was when a creature's true colors were revealed. If they were a predatory species, these humans would use the cover of darkness for their darkest deeds...
Library » Stories » Fiction » A Long Day For Morgenstern
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The Lamplighter
Why doesn't the shamash count? By Yanki Tauber On the essence of shamash, the "servant candle" of the Chanukah menorah
Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » Light » The Lamplighter
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