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What Is the Origin of Hanukkah?
The popular holiday isn't mentioned in the Bible and is barely addressed in the Talmud.
Hanukkah Songs 2011
If you’re getting ready for Hanukkah — lighting candles? doing seasonal meditation? throwing a party? — and you need the ...
Oh, My Hanukkah
Man, I loved singing Hanukkah songs as a kid. We’d light the candles, sing Maoz Tzur…and, four words into the ...
Halakhah Think Tank
There are people who will argue with me, but I’ve always thought of halakhah as dynamic. It changes based on ...
On the Tenth Day of Hanukkah…
What happens when Christmas and Hanukkah don’t coincide? Simple. Extend Hanukkah! It seems many of us have adopted the model ...
Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Study
Orthodox Halakhic Texts
Orthodox leaders responded to modernity by producing legal works on a variety of topics, in a variety of genres.
Beliefs & Practices, Celebrate, Live, Mixed Multitudes
God is a Halakhic Jew
It’s been interesting to monitor the response to our new animated short The Adventures of Todd and God. For the ...
Hanukkah: A Light Meditation
Looking into the flame.
Post-Hanukkah Detox
Hanukkah is over, and much as I love a holiday that gives me an excuse to eat fried cheese, I ...
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish History, Live, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Hanukkah Snuggies, Oy!
There’s not much we as Jews can really unite under. We tend to agree that the Holocaust was bad (and ...