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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.
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?
Time was the first creation; thus, the sanctification of time is the first mitzvah commanded to Israel.
— The Rebbe
Print Magazine

G‑d is not just big—He is infinite.

If He were only big, then those things that are small would be further from Him, and those things that are big would be closer.

But to the Infinite, big and small, far and near are irrelevant terms.

Nothing is too small for His concern; no place is too far that He cannot be found ...

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