Chanukah – Page 2

Chanukah: 500 Answers Why We Celebrate 8 Days

December 13, 2020 Drops of Light Project Chanukah, Jewish Holidays, R. Pessin, Aharon

A famous question is asked – Why do we celebrate 8 days of Chanukah, when the miracle was only 7 days? They found oil that would last 1 day and a miracle occurred and it lasted for 8 – so in theory we should only be celebrating 7 days of miracle, Why then do we celebrate 8 days? A book was written called “Yemei Shmonah” with 500 answers to this questions – Rabbi Pessin shares an important lesson for the Jewish people in their ongoing battle to uphold the Torah and the Jewish heritage.

Chanukah – The Secret of its Popularity

December 10, 2020 Drops of Light Project Chanukah, Jewish Holidays, R. Enkin, Ari

Chanukah is definitely one of the most widely observant holidays. No matter how far a Jew is from observance, he or she still has something Chanukah related in their home around this time of year. What is the secret to this connection to Chanukah? Rabbi Ari Enkin shares..

2 Stories for Chanukah: Refining Our Light

December 7, 2020 Drops of Light Project Chanukah, Jewish Holidays, R. Pessin, Aharon

The Talner Rebbe and the Slonimer Rebbe experience two similar scenarios on the night of Chanukah – In both scenarios an important lesson is learned. How would you react? Rabbi Pesson shares the Hanukkah insight.

Chanukah: The Greatest Revenge

December 1, 2020 Drops of Light Project Chanukah, Jewish Holidays, R. Pessin, Aharon

The Jewish law states that if someone doesn’t have a home, he is exempt from lighting the chanukah candles. But we should ask – If we lit the chanukah candles in the Beit Mikdash in the Holy Temple, why don’t we light candles in the synagogues which are considered “miniature Temples” – from this we learn an interesting lesson which Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares

Maoz Tzur: We Sing it, But Do We Think About It?

November 17, 2020 Drops of Light Project Chanukah, Friedman, Eliav, Jewish Holidays

Everyone’s heard of the Chanukah song Maoz Tzur. Jews of all backgrounds sing this famous song after lighting the Chanukah / Hanukkah candles for all 8 days. But do we think about what we are saying?

Chanukah – Turning Darkness Into Light (70 Sec)

December 25, 2019 Drops of Light Project Chanukah, Jewish Holidays, R. Genish, David

The Midrash tells us that the Ancient Greek exile is referred to as Darkness. Imagine a beautifully furnished castle – now imagine as you are walking through enjoying the fine details and someone turns off the lights! All that furniture which was once beautiful now becomes an obstacle! But weren’t they so intelligent? Weren’t the Ancient-Greeks the harbingers of science, philosophy and math? The problem was that they loved wisdom so much, they saw it as an end in itself. They focused on the ‘what’ and not the ‘why’.