Hanukkah

by Gabriel Ethans

The Last Jedi, Chanukah and the battle between the forces of light and darkness.

by Sarah Pachter

Why do we commemorate Hanukkah with the oil when the miracle of winning the war seems so much greater?

by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith

The actress's desire for a Christmas tree isn't trivial. It represents the contemporary Jew's struggle to hold onto her Jewish identity.

by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine

Enemies of the Jewish people try to get us to forget the Torah. Engaging in Torah learning ensures we remember it.

by Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy

Celebrating Hanukkah represents the same type of joy as getting married – we actively choose who we love in order to continue our people.

by William Kolbrener

On Hanukkah, we proclaim our difference with special enthusiasm, refusing a ‘woke’ form of universalism which does not allow for Jewish distinctiveness.

by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Illuminate Hanukkah with these inspiring insights.

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

Indispensable to the Jewish worldview is the idea that humans are unique, that we possess a spiritual component and that our actions are freely chosen.

by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld

Hanukkah: it’s all in the numbers.

by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith

The mohel instructed me to hold the baby’s legs tight, thrusting me into the reality of what was unfolding.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

When major events occur on identical dates, God is winking at us.

by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Why is Hanukkah called the holiday of vision?

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

May the Maccabees’ fire of idealism guide us to create a united Jerusalem recognized by all people as Israel’s capital.

by Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider

Why that small flask of pure oil is like the heart of every Jew.

by Miriam Kosman

When it comes to spirituality, never take no for an answer.

by Karen Wolfers Rapaport

Understanding Judaism’s requirement to generate light on three different occasions.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Why relight the menorah when reason dictated that a day later it would go dark once again?

by Rabbi Menachem Lehrfield

Why did Judaism pose such a great threat to ancient Greece?

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Who are the heroes of Hanukkah?

by Debbie Gutfreund

Hanukkah is a special time for us to say thank You for all the little and big miracles in our lives.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The similarities – and essential differences – between Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.

by Jason Elbaum

Lighting Hanukkah candles is a brave act in the Maccabean tradition.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Maccabees realized that there is a time to fight.

by Joel Padowitz

Understanding the cultural clash between the Greeks and the Jews.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Understanding the meaning of the Chanukah battle, a war unlike any other.

by Lawrence Kelemen

The military victory and the burning oil provide a deep lesson in self-discovery.

by Yechezkel Freundlich

The Jewish definition of “miraculous” is different from Merriam-Webster.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Why didn't God simply give the Jews an eight-day supply of oil?

by Dr. Simcha Shapiro

Chanukah's eight powerful tools for bringing some light into the darkness.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Is a beautiful golf swing enough to make you a hero?

by Rabbi Doniel Baron

The astonishing connection between the two reflects the deeper meaning of Hanukkah.

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

What's the difference between nature and the miraculous?

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Is it a Jewish value to yield or to resist?

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.

by Rabbi Doniel Baron

The astonishing connection between Alexander the Great and the Jewish high priest.

by Rabbi Eytan Feiner

The discrepancy in how the Hanukkah dreidel and Purim gragger are spun reflect a profound lesson in the nature of the two holidays.

by Rabbi Baruch Beyer

Miracles don't happen anymore, do they?

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

The Greeks thought that physicality was a primary goal of man.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Some surprising lessons are unearthed with Saddam Hussein.

by Rabbi Yehuda Krohn, Psy.D.

Nurturing the subtle, contradictory strivings for intimacy.

by Sherri Lederman Mandell

Chanukah and the murder of my son taught me a new way of seeing.

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.

by Shimon Apisdorf

Tthe Greeks took their gods as seriously as we take the stock market.

by Shimon Apisdorf

Comparing the Greek exile to the darkness at the beginning of creation.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

When we light Chanukah lights, we help each other remember God's miracles and kindnesses.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The secret of why the Greek empire didn't survive more than a few hundred years.

by Dina Coopersmith

The Greeks enlightened the world with art, philosophy and science. So why does Torah associate them with forces of darkness?

by Rabbi Yonason Goldson

The danger of religion does not lie in religious fervor, but in religious uncertainty.

by Rabbi Yonason Goldson

The Greeks fought to uproot the Torah, the spiritual compass that kept the Jewish people pointed toward light through the dark exile.