{"id":63095,"date":"2020-12-10T22:22:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T03:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=63095"},"modified":"2020-12-10T22:22:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T03:22:30","slug":"closing-the-door-a-pandemic-chanukah-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/holidays\/chanukah\/closing-the-door-a-pandemic-chanukah-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing the Door: A Pandemic Chanukah Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Chanukah we must learn to celebrate the gift of a closed door.<\/p>\n<p>Yeshayahu (26:20) said: \u201cGo my people, come into your chambers and close your door behind you, hide for a moment until the wrath passes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is this verse that the Talmud (Bava Kamma 60b) cites in providing its own public health guidance for a pandemic, teaching that during a plague one should stay home to stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, a Chanukah Midrash \u2013 cited by Rambam in one of his letters (Iggeret Hashmad) &#8211; teaches how the Greeks forbade the Jews from placing a bolt or lock on their doors, denying us our dignity, privacy, and control of our environment, while undermining our familial intimacy. The Midrash (Midrash Maaseh Chanukah) relates this decree to our failure during that period to consecrate our homes by placing a Mezuzah on our doors.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at the <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishlink.news\/op-eds\/41033-closing-the-door-a-pandemic-chanukah-gift\">Jewish Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Chanukah we must learn to celebrate the gift of a closed door. 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