We need to live in a world in which light increases

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We need to live in a world in which light increases

Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx takes our appreciation of Hanukkah deeper, at this incredibly dark moment. We discuss Hanukkah as spiritual or military, two completely different views of candle lighting & more.

Dec 07, 2023

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Is anyone really in the mood for Hanukkah? I’m not, that’s for sure. But there’s something deeply wise about a tradition that is not interested in whether I’m in the mood or not. There’s something profound about a tradition that obligates me to light candles in a time of darkness, to think about the worldviews of two talmudic authorities who disagreed a…

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