Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
Learn about the evil king who oppressed the Jews and defiled the Temple in the Chanukah story.
There are dark jewels in this world that can be salvaged, purified and taken as precious bounty for the good.
And there is darkness itself, the absence of light, that must only wait its time to expire.
How can we tell between them?
If the darkness fights back, there is hope.
It means there is something there...
We have the power to make our kids aware that G-d is watching them with love.
Whether it was a silver
goblet, an ornate spice box, or the Shabbat candlesticks, all they could do was
acknowledge the disappearance
On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn’t known existed until that moment.
Successfully navigate electronic doors and sensors, carrying, and other challenges.
After spending two days in her "safe room”, Michla and her family evacuated. They've now been spending the past 50+ days in a hotel room, having given their home to the IDF troops.
The soul of man is a candle of G-d
– Proverbs 20:27
Cain Kills Abel
(3720 BCE)
The first murder in history occurred on the 25th of Kislev
in the year 41 from creation (3720 BCE)... Read More »
Mishkan completed
(1312 BCE)
The vessels, tapestries, wall sections and other components of the Mishkan (the portable sanctuary or... Read More »
Chanukah Miracle
(139 BCE)
On the 25th of Kislev in the year 3622 from creation, the Maccabees liberated the Holy Temple in... Read More »
R. Chizkiah Medini
(1904)
Kislev 25 is the yahrtzeit (date of passing) of Rabbi Chaim
Chizkiah Medini (1832-1904), author of... Read More »
This Shabbat is Shabbat Mevarchim (“the Shabbat that blesses" the new month): a special prayer is... Read More »
Today is the first day of the eight-day festival of
Chanukah. In commemoration of the miracle of the... Read More »
Special prayers of thanksgiving -- Hallel (in its full version) and V'Al HaNissim
-- are added to the... Read More »
On Chanukah we eat foods fried in oil—such as latkes (potato pancakes) and
sufganiot (doughnuts) ... Read More »
It is customary to play dreidel—a game played with a spinning top inscribed with the Hebrew
letters... Read More »
It is an age-old custom to distribute gifts of Chanukah gelt ("Chanukah money") to children on... Read More »
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