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Parshat Miketz, Shabbat Chanukah II – Blind, In Need of Godly Intervention
Parshat Miketz, Shabbat Chanukah II – Blind, In Need...
Part One: Parshat Miketz 5767 Part Two: The second Shabbat of Chanuka 5766 I. (Yishayahu 44:25:) משיב חכמים אחור ודעתם ישכל “He who turns wise men backwards, and turns their knowledge...
Dec 20, 2006
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana
Vayeishev: Placement of the Chanukah Menorah
Vayeishev: Placement of the Chanukah Menorah
The Talmud rules that the ideal way of fulfilling the mitzva of Chanukah lights is by lighting them at the entrance to the house, so that they are clearly visible to...
Dec 14, 2006
By Asher Meir
No, Virginia, Judah Maccabee Doesn’t Do Presents
No, Virginia, Judah Maccabee Doesn’t Do Presents
Only adults of a certain age can remember when department stores waited until after Thanksgiving to put up their Christmas displays. Not so today. Not in the land of CalendarWarp where...
Dec 14, 2006
By Debra B. Darvick
Love the Latkes
Love the Latkes
When the days are short and the long, cold nights descend early, the Festival of Chanukah arrives. This year Chanukah begins on Friday evening, December 15th. The flickering lights of the...
Dec 14, 2006
By Norene Gilletz
The Silver Menorah
The Silver Menorah
The story of this silver menorah is the story of four generations spanning three countries. Rochel, a woman of vision, who left Lithuania as a young girl in 1905, and brought...
Dec 13, 2006
By Sheila Segal
Prashat Vayeshev, Shabbat Chanukah: Disproportionate Quantities
Prashat Vayeshev, Shabbat Chanukah: Disproportionate Quantities
BS”D Parshat Vayeshev and First Shabbat of Chanuka 5767 Notwithstanding the differences of time and substance which exist between the episode of Yosef in the parsha and the miracles of Chanukah,...
Dec 13, 2006
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana

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