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 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein            We are all familiar with the story of Chanukah, of how the Syrian Greeks tried to eradicate the Jewish connection to Hashem...

What if someone forgot to make the bracha until he/she lit the first candle (and fulfilled the main part of the mitzvah)? Can you make a bracha on hiddur mitzvah? If...

The Gemara says that the last miracle that can be recorded in Tanach is Purim. Why is Chanukah not eligible to be included in Tanach? Why doesn’t the Mishna directly mention...

Why does the Gemara only ask about allusions to Mordechai, Esther, and Haman in the Torah and not to the heroes of Chanukah? Why is Purim, not Chanukah, the last recorded...

What is the secret to attaining greatness? Why is the flood called מי נח, indicating Noach is partially to blame? Noach didn’t take action because he didn’t believe he had the...

Mehadrin min hamehadrin according to the Rama is for each person to light from 1 to 8. According to the Rambam 1 person lights from 1 to 8. The Brisker Rav...

  Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event

Never underestimate an ordinary day (or month) or an ordinary act. Sivan Rahav-Meir discusses her journey to Torah Judaism, the lessons she learned along the way, and how that applies to the...

What does the name MarCheshvan mean? What can we learn from a month with no red-letter days, especially in contrast to the previous month, Tishrei? Taking the growth of Tishrei and...

Julie Levi tells her personal story about living with clinical depression and how to find the sweetness in the bitter and in ordinary everyday life. Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh...