
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Pesach and Doug tackle the holiday of Hanukkah... but this episode is not about dreidels and potato pancakes. They ask whether the common idea of Hanukkah as "the holiday of religious freedom" might completely miss the point, and whether its actual themes of religious purification and dedication to the God of Israel are ignored by the majority of those who celebrate. You may agree or disagree with Pesach's conclusion, but you'll walk away from this episode understanding the real history of Hanukkah, and perhaps why its popular image - ironically - might be the opposite of the truth.
By Doug Reed and Pesach Wolicki5
4141 ratings
Pesach and Doug tackle the holiday of Hanukkah... but this episode is not about dreidels and potato pancakes. They ask whether the common idea of Hanukkah as "the holiday of religious freedom" might completely miss the point, and whether its actual themes of religious purification and dedication to the God of Israel are ignored by the majority of those who celebrate. You may agree or disagree with Pesach's conclusion, but you'll walk away from this episode understanding the real history of Hanukkah, and perhaps why its popular image - ironically - might be the opposite of the truth.

1,425 Listeners

2,714 Listeners

2,180 Listeners

397 Listeners

21,125 Listeners

2,203 Listeners

66,993 Listeners

2,468 Listeners

2,297 Listeners

40,372 Listeners

177 Listeners

2,243 Listeners

466 Listeners

411 Listeners

3 Listeners