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Who dares to criticize Chanukah? Luckily I didn’t run out of my free articles for this month (it’s only the 6th), as I was even willing to buy a subscription just to find out!
Our world today is built upon the foundations of two similar cultures: the Jewish and the Greek. Both treasured the world of ideas.
Yet, to this day, they represent two worldviews, still locked in battle.
To this day, we struggle: Does human dignity mean that our minds are the measure of all things?
Or does it mean...
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The entire world is a very narrow bridge, and the most important thing is not to be afraid at all
– Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Esther made Queen
(362 BCE)
"And Esther was taken to King Achashverosh, to his palace,
in the tenth month, which is the month of... Read More »
7th Day of Chanukah Miracle
(139 BCE)
On the 25th of Kislev in the year 3622 from creation, the Maccabees liberated the Holy Temple in... Read More »
Today is the 2nd of the two Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") days for the month of Tevet (when a... Read More »
In commemoration of the miracle of Chanukah we kindle the Chanukah lights—oil lamps or candles—each... 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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