Chanukah - Capturing the Light 2purim

Chanukah - Capturing the Light 2purimThe events of the story of Chanukah are well known: the heroic revolt against Greek oppression, the stunning victory on the battlefield, and the jar of oil which contained only enough to last for one day but miraculously burned for eight. Still, a basic question arises: Jewish history is full of miracles. Few of them become holidays. Why Chanukah? To become part of the Jewish calendar, a holiday needs to contain core messages of ongoing relevance

Rav Chaim Shmulevitz

אלול תש"פ

and Commentary on the Haggadah Based on the Writings of Rav Yisrael Meir Hakohen of Radin

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having manners

Should he blow the shofar while yom tov is clearly being desecrated

every parent who's tried to get a child to go to bed

which specializes in topics of Choshen Mishpat

consciously introduces us to the possibility of wholeness within the very experience of lack itself

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