Parshas Vayeishev/Chanukah 5783 – Yes, We Can!
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">The very first title conferred upon Yosef was that he was a × ×¢×¨ — <em>a lad</em>. (בר×שית לז ב)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">The Torah also describes how at the age […]
Watch Rabbi Shmuel Silber: Tehillim & Torah – Chanukah – An Everlasting Light (Video)
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Listen to the Torah Sparks Podcast: Cutting on Action (Vayeishev/Chanukah) [Audio]
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Rabbi Ariel Sadwin Delivers Benediction at Recent Baltimore County Inaugurations (Video & Photo Essay)
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;"><strong>Baltimore, MD – Dec. 15, 2022 -</strong></span><span style="font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-family: times new roman, times;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;"> On Monday morning </span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, […]
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens Chanukah Lights (Photo Essay)
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;"><strong>Jerusalem, Israel – Dec. 15, 2022</strong> – With Chanukah starting on Sunday night, December 18, 2022, new light decorations have been placed on many Jerusalem, Israel street light poles the week before the holiday.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, […]
Watch Rabbi Yaakov Haber: The Miracle Has Already Begun Chanukah 2020
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Some Light Chanukah Questions
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">Question #1: My sister invited our family for Shabbos Chanukah, and we will be sleeping at her neighbor’s house. Where do we set up the menorahs, particularly since I do not even know the neighbor?</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new […]
Chanukah: Days Of Hoda’ah
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;"><strong>Rooted In <em>Hoda’ah</em></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">The Gemara<a href="#_ftn1" _mce_href="#_ftn1"><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></a> describes how (in the years after the miracle) Chanukah became a holiday: “<em>L’shana acheret kva’um v’asa’um yamim tovim b’hallel u’v’hoda’ah</em> […]
Chanukah–When Less is More
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">The Hebrew month of Kislev seems to have an inherent contradiction. These are the shortest and darkest days of the year. They often times feature cold and stormy weather. Yet, it is the very month where almost 2.200 years ago, the […]
“Third-Generation” Chanukah House – Now, of Pikesville — Will Light Up the Night! (Photos)
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;"><strong>Baltimore, MD </strong>-<strong> December 11, 2022 – </strong>A lot of people fondly remember the <strong>Cohens</strong>’ original <strong>Chanukah House </strong>on<strong> 6211 Park Heights Avenue</strong>, including third-generation Baltimorean, <strong>Wendy Hefter</strong>, and her husband, <strong>David</strong>. Nostalgia and a serendipitous trip to <strong>Houston</strong> were the […]
