The Meaning of Chanuka |
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“Jewish Sovereignty Was Restored" |
Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l |
Letting the Light of Torah Shine |
Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l |
The Significance of Chanuka According to the Maharal |
Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l |
Historical Uniqueness and Daily Service |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
Religious Faith and Art |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
Chanuka - The Menora and the War |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
Chanuka: Restoration and Innovation |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
The Importance of Preparing the Menora |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
The Dual Nature of Chanuka |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
Chanuka as a Holiday of Innovation and Renewal |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
The Symbolism of the Menora and the Incense |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
Studying Greek Wisdom |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
Judaism and Greek Culture |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
"To Make Them Forget Your Torah and to Divert Them From the Laws of Your Will" |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
God and Man According to Judaism and Hellenism |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l |
Chanuka Candles and the Menora in the Mikdash |
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
The Haftara of Shabbat Chanuka |
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
Publicizing the Miracle and the Covenant of Chanuka |
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
Daniel and the Greek Kingdom |
Harav Yaakov Medan |
”They, Too, Were Part of the Miracle” |
Harav Yaakov Medan |
Avraham, Gidon, and the Hasmoneans |
Harav Yaakov Medan |
The Miracle of the Oil and the History of Chanuka |
HaRav Yaakov Medan |
On Miracles, Revealed and Hidden |
Harav Yaakov Medan |
The Jar of Oil and the Future of the Jewish People |
Rav Ezra Bick |
Why Celebrate a Miracle? |
Rav Ezra Bick |
The Two Miracles of Chanuka |
Rav Yitzchak Blau |
The Secret of Chanuka as Revealed by the Prophecies of Chaggai and Zekharia |
Rav Yoel Bin-Nun |
"In Those Days, at This Time" |
Rav Eliyahu Blumenzweig |
Chanuka: The Reasons to Celebrate and the Nature of the Laws |
Rav David Brofsky |
Chassidic Teachings on Chanuka: Is the Mitzva Kindling the Lights or Setting Them Down |
Rav Itamar Eldar |
Chassidic Teachings on Chanuka: Do We Celebrate Miracles or the Routine? |
Rav Itamar Eldar |
Where is Modiin? |
Prof. Yoel Elitzur |
Yosef and Chanuka |
Rav Mordechai Friedman |
A final stanza to the piyyut "Maoz Tzur" which adds praise to Hashem for the modern miracle which we have all witnessed the salvation of Am Yisrael from the pit of exile and the reestablishment of Jewish sovereignty in our Land. |
Rav Nathaniel Helfgot and Dr. Avi Shmidman |
The Miracle of the Lights |
Rav Yair Kahn |
Chanuka: Insularity or Influence? |
Rav Elyakim Krumbein |
Chanuka and the Prophecies of the Second Temple Period |
Rav Menachem Leibtag |
"One and Seven” |
Rav Shlomo Levy |
The Once and Future Festival |
Rav Asher Meir |
The Significance of the Miracle of Oil |
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon |
A Song of David for the Dedication of the House |
Rav Yehuda Shaviv |
On Zeal and Baseless Hatred |
Rav Yehuda Shaviv |
The Haftora for Shabbat Chanuka |
Rav Yehuda Shaviv |
Expressions of Pirsumei Nissa |
Rav Moshe Taragin |
Chanuka as the Inauguration of Galut |
Rav Moshe Taragin |
The Nature of the Blessing of "She-assa Nissim" |
Rav Moshe Taragin |
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