Chanukah 66 articles

On Hanukkah, we recount the story of how Mattathias and his sons won a great victory against the Greeks, who tried to impose their own form of religious worship on the...

It’s just about Chanukah time again but who says that Chanukah has to be only oil and potatoes? On the other hand, what would Chanukah be without that old time favorite,...

Fire. It’s a powerful, primal force. Just the word itself gets your adrenalin going, ready to start coursing through your veins! Unconstrained, it is one of the most destructive forces in...

In 1969 Paul Simon wrote the song ‘Mrs. Robinson’ in which he likes to think he helped immortalize Joe DiMaggio with the lyric ‘Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? A nation...

“Who has performed for us miracles…in this time.” —Al Hanisim, prayer before lighting the Chanukah menorah) Festively set tables, platters piled high with food and spirits even higher. The door is continuously...

With winter approaching, hearty foods are satisfying and delicious. Pea Zucchini Soup 6 servings A lovely thick soup of Italian origin, this recipe calls for non-seasonal ingredients. The soup freezes well...

Parashat Vayigash 5768 Parashat Vayigash – I Feel Your Pain Text Message Responsa Stories of Rabbenu – Our Rabbi: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah Ha-Cohain Kook – Honoring Parents, Netilat Yadayim Shut She’eilat...

The Rema writes that it is proper to eat cheese at Chanukah because of the miracle that was wrought through milk, when Yehudit gave milk to the enemy leader to make...

Upon return from a fundraising trip from America for his Yeshiva, Chachmei Lublin, Rav Meir Schapiro gathered around his students who were eager to comprehend the Jewish mindset of the nyer...

Parshat Miketz, Chanukah and Annapolis 5768 Part One: God’s Signature Part Two: A Wonderland Part One: God’s Signature Often Jewish history presents strange fellow travelers but no stranger than the trilogy...