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Category: Chanukka

RUACH HAKODESH, A PARTNERSHIP–CHANUKKA 5784/2023

R. Tsadok, here, indicates that actions can also serve as a kind of
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SHADOWS AND LIGHT–CHANUKKA 5783/2022

There’s an elephant in the room, though I think most readers are unaware
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Paradox — A Hanukkah Dilemma

Hanukkah teaches us how to survive exile and how to accomplish the purpose
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“This Opposite This” HaShem Made the World

This tug-of-war stripped down to its basics is really about “who eats who?”
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The Chinukh of Chanukka

Since Chanukka and Purim reference toward the future, R. Luria associates them with
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Chanukka—Harbinger of Messianic Gender Shifts to Come

Since Chanukka and Purim reference toward the future, R. Luria associates them with
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ZOT CHANUKKA–A TRIBUTE TO THE SHEKHINA

The kabbalists read into Chanukka’s eight days, a journey of progressive tikun down
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A Chanukka Meditation from the Zohar

This Chanukka teaching is dedicated to Yaku, daughter of Heltcha: “Thank you for
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The Menorah: Secret of Ruach HaKodesh

Chanukka 2016 / 5777 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Make a menorah out of pure gold. The
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“These Lights are Holy…”: An Instruction for Meditatioin

Chanukka (2015 / 5776) Sarah Yehudit Schneider Based on teachings by R. Tsadok
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“…Until there are no stragglers in the marketplace.”

Sarah Yehudit Schneider   When is the time for lighting Chanukka candles? The
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Chanukka and the Feminine

by Sarah Yehudit Schneider In Jewish symbology, the masculine archetype conflates with the
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Hillel says to move toward many; Shammai says to move toward one

Chanukah, 2012 / 5773 Inspired by R. Tsadok HaKohen, Resisei Laila, 56 and
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On Chanukka Everyone’s a High Priest

A Chanukha Teaching–2011 Based on R. Tsadok Hakohen, Pri Tsadik – Chanuka #1
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The Inner Search for Pure Oil

Sarah Yehudit Schneider   Among the various categories of mitzvot are those that
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Chanukkah, Greece and Democracy

5769 / 2008 Sarah Yehudit Schneider There is no person or nation that
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