Chanukah
The deepest flames are those that burn when the nights get dark and the hearts cold.
Chanukah begins in the evening of Wednesday Evening, December 25, 2024 – Thursday Evening, January 2, 2025.
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 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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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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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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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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A Chanukah Poem: Listen to the Candles
A poem: listen to the Chanukah candles/the story is yours and mine.
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Chanukah: A Journey by Candlelight
See the candle and how she doth dance. Shy first steps before she takes the chance.
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The Fifth Night: A Modern Chanukah Miracle
A modern Chanukah miracle story, from Russian political prisoners.
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The Hellenist Coachman
It was not the Torah per se that Hellenic regime wished to uproot from the people of Israel, but Your Torah.
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The Body and Soul of Light
The wave/particle nature of light – like everything in existence – has a body and a soul.
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Chanukah and the Supremacy of Soul Over Body
Chanukah teaches us that there is a level of supremacy of soul over body that is so absolute that the body is virtually invisible.
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