Chanukah
The deepest flames are those that burn when the nights get dark and the hearts cold.
Chanukah begins in the evening of Thursday Evening, December 7- Friday Evening, December 15, 2023.
Anything compromised is Greek to those of a Divine persuasion. This is the story of the few who were victorious over the many. This is the miracle of a drop of inspiration that burned forever and on. Light is natural, and that is the greatest miracle. There are dark forces in this world that would rather drown in a storm than live in a lighthouse. For eight days and nights our fire burns, increasing in the holiness daily. We put a positive spin on everything, fry latkes, and dish out gelt (not guilt). We praise the Creator. Once upon a time the light burned supernaturally. The real miracle is that it still does.
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The Universal Message of Chanukah in Four Minutes
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Chanukah Remnants
The Karliner Rebbe’s menorah started a small fire which left burn-marks on one of the walls of his home. Rabbi Shlomo was overjoyed: a residue of Chanukah would now linger on until its lights would be again kindled next year!
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Accumulating Lights: The Laws of Chanukah
Nowhere is the supremacy of the Hillelian view more emphasized than in the debate on Chanukah, where the very name of the festival, and the name given to its final day, proclaim that “the law follows the House of Hillel.” For Chanukah is the festival that, more than any other, underscores the human dynamic in Torah.
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Addition of Candles on Chanukah
On the first night we kindle one candle, on the second two, and so on until the eighth night–when all eight candles shine forth.
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The Physics of Chanukah: Nature of Light – Part 1
Light is our best metaphor for understanding the process of creation. The essential miracle of Chanukah is the dominance of light over dark. An in-depth look at the spiritual nature of light.
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Bringing Light to the Darkest Places
Even in the darkest moments there is light somewhere. A discussion with Simon Jacobson about reaching depressed people and finding light in dark places.
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Mikeitz: Coming In from the Cold
We are blessed with the gift and responsibility to create a warm oasis, and bring people in from the heartless streets and nameless plains – and bring to life the innate warmth within each person’s soul, which is essentially a Divine pilot flame waiting to be fanned.
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Vayeishev: Didgeridoo
A didgeridoo, also known as a didge, is considered to be the world’s oldest wind instrument. Jewish spiritual connection to the didgeridoo…
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Vayeishev: Madoff And Holtzberg
If money is the source of your power and security, than money will also be your source of destruction and disgrace. Because after all, money is transient, and anything transient can never provide the firm foundation of security.
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Chanukah: A Universal Holiday
Chanukah tells yet a deeper narrative, a tale that penetrates the darker shadows of our lives.
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Terumah: Menorah
In Parshat Terumah, G/d shows Moses how to build the menorah from one piece of gold, showing how all details of life are an extension of one single entity.
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