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Jewish Practice
Chanukah
Visit our Chanukah mega-site for how-to guides, insights, recipes, and more...
Chanukah Texts and Prayers
The various prayers, hymns and texts associated with Chanukah.
How to Celebrate Hanukkah
Everything you need to know and do in a brief, printable guide.
Dreidel Wizard
The history of the game and how to play.
Spirituality
Pure Oil

“Ritually pure”—what, exactly, is that? What properties does a ritually pure sample of olive oil have that the others don’t?
Q and A
What Is Gelt?
This subtle form of "bribery" is an essential component of the educational process.
Video
Once Upon a Time There Was a Little Flame

The story of the stubborn little flame that refused to be extinguished. And the story of you and I . . .
What If We Were Chanukah Heroes?

Ezy, Eli, Dina and Rina explore their inner “super powers” to spread light in the world.
Women
Women at War

It was Jewish women who led the Maccabees to declare war…
Eight Meditations for the Eight Nights of Chanukah

Our task on these eight nights is to rededicate the Temple, in our own times, in our own lives.
Hanukkah Foods: Recipes & Tips
Cook (and fry) up a traditional Hanukkah storm: latkes to applesauce, jelly doughnuts and more recipes for all tastes.
Stories
The Dog Tag Dilemma

In September 1990 I went off to defend a country that I was prohibited from entering.
Spark on a Park Bench

The candles are burning low and he is staring at them. Flame meets flame and a soul ignites . . .
Parshah
The Seven Fat Cows

Don't run away from the dream; don't look for some other meaning. Make the dream the solution.
The Cosmic Fantasy

Why are there so many dreams in the book of Genesis?
Send forth your bread upon the surface of the water, for after many days you will find it
— Ecclesiastes 11:1
Print Magazine

The Talmud (Ta'anit 23b) mentions that a woman's charity is greater than a man's. She gives the starving beggar a loaf of bread, while he only provides the means to attain it.

Read that in its inner sense and you will see that it is forever:

A man’s way is to serve your impoverished soul ideas—perhaps you will be wise e...

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