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Chanukah (Hanukkah): (lit. “rededication”); eight-day festival beginning on 25 Kislev, celebrating the Maccabees’ recapture of the second Temple from the Syrian Greeks, and its rededication, marked by the kindling of lights on a menorah or chanukiah
As Israel’s air force struck deep in the heart of the Gaza Strip in its quest to put a halt to the Palestinian rocket fire that has terrorized Israeli civilians for years, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries set out on a mission to provide spiritual support to ci...
Throughout Saturday night and Sunday, as waves of aircraft pounded military targets in the Gaza Strip and Hamas forces retaliated with rocket attacks aimed at Israeli civilians, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and rabbinical students made the rounds of hospit...
Light returned to the city of Mumbai, India, on Thursday with a pair of public Chanukah menorah lightings organized by Chabad-Lubavitch at sites targeted in last month’s terror attacks that killed more than 170 people.
Imagine the invading Greek army entering the Holy Temple where gold, silver and precious stones were everywhere to be found, and searching for the... oil!
I saw joy and sadness in my son’s eyes. The joy of Chanukah, and menorahs, and presents, and donuts. And the sadness of understanding that evil exists, even if it’s somewhere very far away.
Just as I greeted all the service members in the lounge with a loud “Merry Christmas,” I heard someone say, “Are you Jewish?” in a Southern accent.
“Be more Jewish, act more Jewish and appear more Jewish.”
Our hearts are broken by the murderous terror attack in Sydney, an attempt to extinguish the 2,200-year-old light of Chanukah. We pray for the souls of the victims, the recovery of the survivors, and for the healing of a community shaken to its core by th...
The blessings of the giant menorah
Negril is one of Jamaica’s tourist capitals. People typically flock to the city’s iconic Seven Mile Beach to relax, get some sun, and enjoy the crystal waters and white sandy beaches. On Sunday, Dec. 29, more than 500 people gathered there for another rea...
Plymouth Rock illuminated with the light of the menorah
History was made in 1620, when the 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock on the shores of what would later become the United States of America. Fast-forward a few centuries, the site bore witness to another historic event: a public m...
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