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The Rabbinical festival of Chanukah reminds us that the spiritual might of the Maccabim is not extinguished, but will continue to burn until the impending final Redemption, when complete material and spiritual sovereignty will be restored here in the Land of Israel.

Weekly Tefilah Focus Chanukah Special 5783
Weekly Tefilah Focus Chanukah Special 5783
Special Chanukah Edition ועל נסיך…ועל נפלאותיך…and for Your miracles … and for Your wonders… ***** In Modim, we say “ועל נסיך…ועל נפלאותיך–v’al nisecha…v’al nifl’osecha.”  “Al nisecha” refers to the “hidden miracles” that we do know...
Dec 19, 2022
By Weekly Tefilah Focus
The Hidden Theme of Chanukah – A 1952 Drasha from Rav Soloveitchik
The Hidden Theme of Chanukah – A 1952 Drasha...
נגלה ונסתר בחנוכה – שיעור של הגרי”ד סולובייצ’יק זצ”ל  A powerful drasha in which the the Rav deflates the conventional wisdom about the holiday. IN YIDDISH WITH BOTH HEBREW AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES...
Dec 16, 2022
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Multifarious Manifestations of Miracle
Multifarious Manifestations of Miracle
 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein Generally, when Hashem performs miracles for us, we are in dire straits, when there is no other way to overcome an imminent...
Dec 16, 2022
By Shira Smiles
Chanukah, Yosef and the Mystical Sefira of Hod
Chanukah, Yosef and the Mystical Sefira of Hod
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Dec 16, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Thanking Hashem – The Purpose of Creation
Thanking Hashem – The Purpose of Creation
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Dec 15, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Chanukah 5783
Chanukah 5783
Dec 15, 2022
By Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein
The History of Chanukah
The History of Chanukah
Delivered at the OU Israel Center 19 Kislev 5783 / December 13, 2022 Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year by Rabbi Refoel and Sharon Auman in...
Dec 15, 2022
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Can You Use Ner Chanukah for a D’var Mitzvah? Do You Need to Wake the Family to See a Late Lighting? And More
Can You Use Ner Chanukah for a D’var Mitzvah?...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Dec 12, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
אף הן היו באותו הנס: An Analysis of the Nature of Women’s Obligation in the Four Cups, Megillah and Chan...
אף הן היו באותו הנס: An Analysis of the...
Delivered in the Cincinnati Community Kollel Sunday 12/11/22
Dec 12, 2022
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
The Light and the Splendor
The Light and the Splendor
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Dec 8, 2022
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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