Over 40 Chanukiya Compilation – 8th Night of Chanukah Israel
A compilation of over 40 Chanukiyas from across Israel on the 8th night of Chanukah 2022.
Big thanks to everyone who contributed!
Category: Jewish Holidays
The 8th Miracle of Chanuka That We Can Experience today
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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Chanukah: Al Hanissim Prayer – There’s a Big Difference
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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Chanukah – 8 Fun Facts! The Festival of Lights
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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STRONGEST Thing In The World – Jewish Text Reveals
A Sage in the Talmud delves into the idea of ‘what is the strongest thing in the world?’ They enumerate 10 strong things – but which is above all? Is it stone? Is it metal? But fire can melt metal..maybe it’s fire? What do you think? Watch the video and see how the fascinating dialog transpires and reaches the pinnacle of power…
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Sukkot: More Than Just 4 Species
From the teachings of ‘Anaf Yosef’ based on a Midrash – We see, regarding the 4 species of the Sukkot Holiday, that there is more than meets the eye – Rabbi Aaron Pessin shares a beautiful insight into the Etrog, Lulav, Hadas and Arava.
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5 Things Jews Don’t Do on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish Year. It’s also one of the happiest. Yom Kippur is like the Shabbat, in that it’s a day of rest and no work is done on this day – but Yom Kippur is unique in that we also refrain from a variety of additional physical activities – Why is that? in this video Eliav Friedman, MSW shares 5 of the activities that we don’t do on this holy day and why…
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The King Is Here, Jewish Month of Elul
Elul the month before Rosh Hashanah on the Jewish Calendar is a time for Self Reflection and Teshuva (Repentance) as[…]
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Why Are We Celebrating Judgement Day?!
Judging others is something we always try to avoid – Yet, here we are the Jewish people celebrating a Holiday called “Rosh Hashanah” which is in essence, Judegement day, the day the world is judged by God Himself. So why the celebration and happiness? Eliav Friedman, MSW, shares an insight on our approach to Judgement day.
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