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Who did the Maccabees fight? Did the Rabbis suppress Chanukah? Find out here!

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many, this Hanukkah will be like no other, celebrated in isolation, either

alone or only with close family members.

The Talmud states, “For the wicked, sleep is good for them and good for the world, but for the righteous, it is bad for them and bad for the world.” There is no rest for the righteous. When a tzaddik wants to rest, God does not let him, as if to say that the lack of tranquility is an essential part of being a tzaddik.

Sometimes it’s just a camel when it’s supposed to be a cow. A non-kosher offering to a pagan god.

An 8-year-old girl’s suggestion saves a kindly man’s life

I will never forget that night, five years ago, when my husband and I almost died. It was an event of pure terror coupled with the deepest faith in G-d. Even now, so many years later, tears come to my eyes when I speak about it.

Chabad.org lists some newer “holidays.” How can we add holidays?

In this world, we cannot attain absolute perfection, absolute truth, or absolute good. What is required of us is an incredibly difficult form of existence. We must live continually with partial truth, which stems from compromise.

Become an expert on this widely celebrated but barely understood Jewish festival.

The world doesn’t need millions of clones. The Torah wants our individuality.