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Beauty and the Greeks
by Rabbi Doniel Baron What was the underlying conflict between Jewish and Greek philosophy?
Aish.com's Chanukah Reader
by aish.com A 10-page booklet to enlighten your Chanukah.
The Nature of Nature
by Rabbi Avi Shafran What's the difference between nature and the miraculous?
The Chanukah Question
by Sara Yoheved Rigler Is it a Jewish value to yield or to resist?
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.
Give It All You've Got
by Aliza Kramer The Maccabees taught us that immobilizing perfectionism leaves no room for God.
The Non-Jewish World of Disney
by Lori Palatnik A Jewish princess does not wait for her prince.
Eight Great Chanukah Gifts for Kids
by Lori Palatnik Being a role model for Jewish values is truly the gift of a lifetime.
Chanukah: The Prequel
by Rabbi Doniel Baron The astonishing connection between Alexander the Great and the Jewish high priest.
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.
The Beauty Wars
by Sara Yoheved Rigler The Chanukah battle isn't over yet.
Natural is Supernatural, Naturally
by Rabbi Baruch Beyer Miracles don't happen anymore, do they?
Rekindling the Sparks of Peace
by Rabbi Eytan Feiner The heart of fire contains the unifying power of peace.
Miracle of Fire
by Sara Yoheved Rigler The Human Potential Movement celebrates the power of man. Chanukah celebrates the power of the Divine.
Reality and Potential
by Yaakov Astor Shoot for the stars or be more realistic? Two perspectives reflected in the Chanukah light.
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.
Chanukah Lights and Wrights
by Yaakov Astor The menorah's flames remind us that technology is but a gift from God.
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?
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.
The Winning Spirit
by Efim Svirsky Tapping into the spiritual energy of Chanukah.
Soulless
by Rabbi Avi Shafran The Greeks thought that physicality was a primary goal of man.
Chanukah: Seeing in the Darkness
by Sherri Lederman Mandell Chanukah and the murder of my son taught me a new way of seeing.
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.
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.
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.
How to Work Miracles - The God Factor Part II
by Sara Yoheved Rigler Gain a deeper comprehension into Judaism's understanding of miracles.
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.
Kindling the Lights of Wisdom
by Rabbi Yonason Goldson The danger of religion does not lie in religious fervor, but in religious uncertainty.
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?
Chanukah: To Conceal and Reveal
by Rabbi Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D. Nurturing the subtle, contradictory strivings for intimacy.
The Capture of Saddam: A Chanukah Meditation
by Sara Yoheved Rigler Some surprising lessons are unearthed with Saddam Hussein.
Publicizing Miracles
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons When we kindle Chanukah lights, we help each other remember God's miracles and kindnesses.
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.
Greece: The Dark Side
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf The Midrash compares the Greek exile to the darkness at the beginning of creation.
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.
Defiling the Holy
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons The Greeks wanted to tear out the heart of Judaism and reduce it to mere symbolism.
Your Inner Flame
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf "For God's candle is the soul of man." (Proverbs)
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?
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?
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.
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.
The Al HaNissim Prayer
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf The meaning of the Al Hanissim prayer that we say on Chanukah.
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.
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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