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Dec 26, 2022
CHANUKAH : After the light
Light in Darkness. 2 We speak of 'dark deeds', we speak of the 'darkness' in the souls of those who commit them. How can we bring light...
Dec 25, 2022
CHANUKAH : DAY 8
Up there, on a shelf, a chanukkiyah, unlit, in a film, signifying that here live Jews. Is it inherited, a mere decorative ancestral...
Dec 24, 2022
CHANUKAH DAY 7
Alternative first stanza of Maoz Tzur The traditional text of the first stanza of Maoz Tzur does not reflect the way I see God and Gods...
Dec 23, 2022
CHANUKAH : DAY 6
One of the first things we learn in Genesis chapter1 is that just because Light has been created does not mean that Darkness is...
Dec 22, 2022
CHANUKAH : DAY 5
The very first action of God is to create light – “y’hi or” and God immediately saw “ki tov”, that it was good (Genesis 1: 3-4). Ever...
Dec 21, 2022
CHANUKAH : DAY 4
In our daily prayers we remind ourselves each morning that God is “yotzer or uvorei hoshech” – both the “fashioner of light” and the...
Dec 20, 2022
CHANUKAH : DAY 3
Just as the world was created on the twenty-fifth of the month - for the world was created on the twenty-fifth of Ellul, and when people...
Dec 19, 2022
CHANUKAH : DAY 2
M Wise, who added light motifs to the 'crests' of the institutions he founded: The first creative word was,ויאמר אלהים יהי אור ויהי אור...
Dec 18, 2022
CHANUKAH : DAY 1
On Sunday evening the 18th of December we will light the first candle of Hanukkah and then we will celebrate the holiday of lights for 8...
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