As we celebrate the #8 days of Chanukah / Hanukkah, in which we thank God for the miracles He did for us. I share some insight into the prominent characteristics of the number 8, based on Jewish teachings, the Hebrew language and some ideas of my own…
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A compilation of over 40 Chanukiyas from across Israel on the 8th night of Chanukah 2022.
Big thanks to everyone who contributed!
There’s a famous question – Why do we celebrate 8 days of Chanukah if the miracle really only happened for 7 days, They found enough oil for 1 day, so the 1st day was not a miracle, so it seems. Our Rabbis share many answers to solve this question – Rabbi Pessin shares another amazing miracle, but more importantly a lesson for all of us.
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On Chanukah we mention the Al Hanissim prayer several times throughout our day – We also mention this same prayer on the Purim Holiday – The idea on both holidays is similar, a prayer of thanks and praise and commemoration of what happened in those days, but there is an interesting difference in the actual wording – the Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares a beautiful insight into the prayer of Al Hanissim.
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The Jewish Holiday of Chanukah falls out on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev. (Usually in December) We light a menorah of 8 branches in order to commemorate the miracle of the oil that lasted 8 days instead of 1. Eliav Friedman, MSW. shares 8 facts about Hanukah that you should really know. Happy Chanukah!
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How does the story of Chanukah relate to me? We are not fighting the ancient Greeks anymore. If the destruction of the temple, the contaminated oil and the whole battle that they went through is all part of the Jewish Story, then how do connect to that? In Judaism Holidays are not just meant to commemorate, but we’re meant to somehow relive it.
Rabbi Yitzchak Botton shares an insight into how we can relate to the story of Chanuka even today.
A true story that happened on the Chanukah Holiday in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. The Grand Rabbi, the Bobover Rebbe risked his life to light the Chanukah candles for the Jews in his camp. On the first night, as he was about to say the 3rd blessing of ‘Shehechiyanu’, he hesitated. Later the people asked him what was this hesitation all about? Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares the story and lesson that we can learn from it
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Rabbi Sinai Yakobian shares a lesson about the Jewish Holiday of Chanukah
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In the Torah portion of Shemot, we read about the Jewish midwives. One of their names was Shifra and the other one was Puah. Yet we know that Shifra and Puah were actually Yocheved and Miram – the mother and sister or Moses. These are women who were also leaders of the Jewish people, why did the Torah give them names that represent seemingly menial tasks?
Rabb Ari Enkin shares…
