{"id":30658,"date":"2008-12-24T19:01:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah\/the_mother_of_children_is_joyousnew\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T12:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T12:28:28","slug":"the_mother_of_children_is_joyousnew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_mother_of_children_is_joyousnew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mother of Children is Joyous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Joyful-e1471467000764-768x513.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Joyful-e1471467000764-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Joyful-e1471467000764-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Joyful-e1471467000764-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Joyful-e1471467000764.jpg 1363w\" alt=\"Joyful\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>The story of Chana and her seven sons is well known. But what is less known is what it says about Chanukah, the Oral Torah, and in particular, the timeless Oral Torah of women that passes down through the generations. Rav Elon shows how this story is an inspiration for us not only in moments of great heroism, but in the day to day loyalty to Hashem and His Torah. Download the source sheet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of Chana and her seven sons is well known. But what is less known is what it says about Chanukah, the Oral Torah, and in particular, the timeless Oral Torah of women that passes down through the generations. 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