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Your Questions
Is the Temple Menorah Hidden in the Vatican?
There is much controversy and misinformation surrounding this question, so let’s begin by clarifying the facts of the story.
There is much controversy and misinformation surrounding this question, so let’s begin by clarifying the facts of the story.
Video
Animated Kabbalah #3: Orchestrating Reality
G-d constantly creates everything and directs each detail with intention and purpose.
G-d constantly creates everything and directs each detail with intention and purpose.
Was the Chanukah Miracle Necessary?
We all know the story of Chanukah: With all the odds against them, the Jews were victorious over their enemies. However, when they returned to the Holy Temple, they found that all the oil for the Menorah was defiled. God made a miracle and the oil lasted for eight days until they could procure new oil that was pure.
We all know the story of Chanukah: With all the odds against them, the Jews were victorious over their enemies. However, when they returned to the Holy Temple, they found that all the oil for the Menorah was defiled. God made a miracle and the oil lasted for eight days until they could procure new oil that was pure.
By the Numbers
9 Questions: Chanukah Heroes and Villains Quiz
See how much you really know about our Chanukah heroes and villains!
See how much you really know about our Chanukah heroes and villains!
Five Brave Men and One Brave Woman
Who hasn’t heard of Judah the Maccabee? But what do you know about his four brothers, or his brave and wise sister?
Who hasn’t heard of Judah the Maccabee? But what do you know about his four brothers, or his brave and wise sister?
Essay
No Matter Your Situation, Choose to Add Light
Motherhood is a new territory, and every child—no matter how many you have—is its own, beautiful, new light. You enter new stages all the time. What worked for one child doesn’t for another.
Motherhood is a new territory, and every child—no matter how many you have—is its own, beautiful, new light. You enter new stages all the time. What worked for one child doesn’t for another.
A Deeper Look at the Menorah Blessings
The three blessings we recite before kindeling the menorah carry deep inside them the timeless Chanukah lessons for our service of G-d, specifically in our times.
The three blessings we recite before kindeling the menorah carry deep inside them the timeless Chanukah lessons for our service of G-d, specifically in our times.
Enjoy Chanukah Experiences From Our Readers Around the World
As the Jewish nation prepared for what may shape up to be a most unusual Chanukah, we turned to you, our dear readers, to help us make the biggest Chanukah party ever.
As the Jewish nation prepared for what may shape up to be a most unusual Chanukah, we turned to you, our dear readers, to help us make the biggest Chanukah party ever.
Story
When Chanukah Lasted 10 Days
Our small flames only burned for a few short minutes each night, but at least we fulfilled the mitzvah to publicize the miracle of Chanukah, feeling deep in our hearts that miracles could still happen to us and that all was not lost
Our small flames only burned for a few short minutes each night, but at least we fulfilled the mitzvah to publicize the miracle of Chanukah, feeling deep in our hearts that miracles could still happen to us and that all was not lost
Dad Was In Prison, and I Didn't Know If I Was Jewish
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.
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.
Parshah
It's About Time
“And it came to pass, at the end of two full years” signals that the time has come for something to occur. The “how” of the matter is trivial – Pharaoh has a dream, the chief butler happens to be present, other events align, and ultimately, they all cross the threshold simultaneously, reaching their ketz at precisely the right time.
“And it came to pass, at the end of two full years” signals that the time has come for something to occur. The “how” of the matter is trivial – Pharaoh has a dream, the chief butler happens to be present, other events align, and ultimately, they all cross the threshold simultaneously, reaching their ketz at precisely the right time.
Why Joseph Framed Benjamin
In order for their descendants to survive the harsh exile, Joseph’s brothers, who were the heads of the tribes of Israel, had to experience the oppression and accusations of the Egyptian monarch.
In order for their descendants to survive the harsh exile, Joseph’s brothers, who were the heads of the tribes of Israel, had to experience the oppression and accusations of the Egyptian monarch.
With his gossip and slander, [the person afflicted with tzaraat] separated a husband from his wife, a man from his neighbor; therefore said the Torah (Leviticus 13:46): "He shall dwell alone."
— Talmud
Print Magazine
On Yom Kippur, we are all in recovery.
Recovery of our true selves.
Look beneath the stormy waves of life, beyond the failures, the guilt, and the pride.
Beneath the surface dwells a calm, pure soul that only desires to fulfill the divine purpose for which it came to this place. To run to do a mitzvah. To absorb t...
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