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Were the Maccabees Wrong to Fight?
When we kindle our Chanukah candles each year, the light that glows is the spirit of faith and determination of the Maccabees.
By Yossi Ives
The Fire That Does Not Burn
If there was enough oil to last for one day, the miracle of Chanukah was the seven additional days, so why kindle Chanukah candles for eight?
By Mendel Kalmenson
Why Candles (Not Oil) for Synagogue Menorah?
Rabbi Moses Sofer, known as the Chatam Sofer (1762–1839), writes that in most synagogues that he visited, they lit with beeswax. Was this ideal?
By Yehuda Shurpin
I Always Feel Like I’m Getting My Parenting Wrong
Is there any escape from mother guilt and feeling lousy?
By Miriam Racquel Feldman
Can Observant Jews Be Climate Activists?
Are there any issues I should be careful to avoid when approaching religious Jews on the topic of sustainability?
By Aron Moss
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Chanukah Forever
Our world today is built upon the foundations of two similar cultures: the Jewish and the Greek. Both treasured the world of ideas. Yet, to this day, they represent two worldviews, still locked in battle. To this day, we struggle: Does human dignity mean that our minds are the measure of all things? Or does it mean to be in the divine image, inextricably bound up with the Infinite that lies beyond the mind? The Greeks reached the pinnacle of intellect at their time. Their ideal was a world built upon the human...