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Taking Up Arms_
by Chana Graj
What you and I today would have written off as an act of insanity, was in fact one of the greatest deeds in Jewish history. |
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Give It All You've Got_
by Aliza Kramer
The Maccabees taught us that immobilizing perfectionism leaves no room for God. |
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Chanukah: The Prequel
by Rabbi Doniel Baron
The astonishing connection between Alexander the Great and the Jewish high priest. |
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Spinning the Dreidel
by Rabbi Eytan Feiner
The discrepancy in how the Chanukah dreidel and Purim gragger are spun reflect a profound lesson in the nature of the two holidays. |
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Miracle of Fire
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The Human Potential Movement celebrates the power of man. Chanukah celebrates the power of the Divine. |
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Soulless
by Rabbi Avi Shafran
The Greeks thought that physicality was a primary goal of man. |
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Out of the Closet_
by Debbie Hirschmann
My mother, a Holocaust survivor, always said, "You can be a Jew on the inside, but not on the outside." It was just too risky. |
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Transcending Limits
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
Imagine a time machine. We are traveling with an army general and a CNN correspondent back to the time just prior to the Jewish revolt against the Greeks. |
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The Competitive Urge
by Aish.com Staff
To be a brilliant source of light, you don't have to be brighter than all the other stars. |
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Judaism - A Pleasure!
by Aish.com Staff
What motivated the Maccabbees to dare and take on the best organized, most powerful military machine in the world? |
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Defiling the Holy
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
The Greeks wanted to tear out the heart of Judaism and reduce it to mere symbolism. |
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Chanukah Post Sept. 11th_
by Rebbetzin Feige Twerski
Regardless of the insecurity, unpredictability, and appearance of hopelessness, as Jews we need to leave tomorrow to God. |
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The Beauty and the Light
by Dina Coopersmith
The Greeks enlightened the world with art, philosophy and science. So why do Jews associate the Greeks with forces of darkness? |
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The Power of the Menorah
by Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller
The seven branches represent the seven channels of spiritual self-expression, and the simple act of lighting can change you forever. |
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Illuminating the Days of Darkness
by Rabbi Yonason Goldson
The Greeks fought desperately to uproot the Torah, the spiritual compass that kept the Jewish people pointed toward the light through the darkness of exile. |
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A Deeper Look
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
Many times we literally don't see, don't experience, what is right in front of us. Why? |
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Israel's Glory vs. Greek's Beauty
by Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky
The Greeks restricted the world to physical beauty while the Jews opened the eyes of the world to the spiritual glory that lies deep within. |
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The Darkness that was Greece
by Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky
The world of Greece was defined by beauty and philosophy, which many Jews admired. Yet in the end, there had to be a fight to the finish between the two ways of life. Why? |
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Rekindling Our Inner Flame
by Joel Padowitz
Deep within every one of us glows a spiritual ember waiting to burst aflame to allow us to fulfill our spiritual potential. |
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The God Factor Part I
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Chanukah comes to teach us how history can take the most unlikely turns andproduce the most improbable victors. |
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Hellenism: Who Cares?
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
Hellenism, the culture that blossomed in Athens, is the primary source of western civilization. In many ways America is the cultural by-product of ancient Greece. |
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Greece: The Dark Side
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
The Midrash compares the Greek exile to the darkness at the beginning of creation. |
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Your Inner Flame
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
"For God's candle is the soul of man." (Proverbs) |
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Knowledge Vs. Wisdom
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Why didn't the Greek empire survive more than a few hundred years? Historians concur that they were destroyed by moral decay. |
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Zeus and Greek Gods
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
Make no mistake, the Greeks took their gods as seriously as we take the stock market, presidential elections, and the internet. |
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Publicizing Miracles
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
When we kindle Chanukah lights, we help each other remember God's miracles and kindnesses. |
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Reality and Potential
by Yaakov Astor
Shoot for the stars or be more realistic? Two perspectives reflected in the Chanukah light. |
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