It has often been noted that the Jewish holidays function within a dual cycle of history and nature. This is perhaps most clearly expressed in the Kiddush of Friday evening, where within one sentence we speak of the sanctity of Shabbat as a memory to the act of creation and as a memory to the [...]

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Comedian Adam Sandler sings about it. Dreidel competitions celebrate it. And there are even blue-blazoned cards and t-shirts and menorah hats.
Hanukkah isn’t a hugely important holiday on the Jewish calendar, but, over the past few decades, it has become decisively more hip…and fun, says Rowan University Professor Dianne Ashton, an expert on Hanukkah.
“It has become [...]

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The following is a post from the blog and this past week’s Toronto Torah edition from the Rebbetzin’s Husband:
I imagine that somewhere in the bowels of Revenue Canada, office staff gather every January 5th or July 17th to toast the anniversary of some little-known loophole-closing legislation. Perhaps ecologists similarly celebrate the day when a codicil [...]

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Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday, began at sundown on Friday, Dec. 11 and ended eight days later on Sat. Dec. 19. The religious celebration is also known as Chanukah, Hanukah, Hannuka and the Festival of Lights.
The holiday is an eight-day celebration that usually takes place between late November and late December. Those of the Jewish faith [...]

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For those of you who may have missed it:
(JTA) – Israeli President Shimon Peres broadcast a Chanukah blessing to Jews around the world on his new YouTube channel.
Viewers are asked to reply to Peres’s message with their own comments and video responses, including their personal candlelightings.
“Dear Friends: Yesterday I blessed my Arab citizens because they [...]

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