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As we reach the mid-point of the holiday, we reacall that Hanukkah celebrates the re-dedication of the newly liberated Temple, as the word’s literal translation suggests. It also celebrates the spiritual renewal of the community which gathers around that institution and all those who follow in their path. Having experienced victory, hard-fought and/or miraculously delivered,…

The news keeps on coming in the Madoff Meltdown, and it’s not getting any better. But the comments to last week’s post about this mess have been great and they demand a response about the relationship between concepts like justice, compassion, t’shuvah (repentance) and kapparah (atonement). They are not mutually exclusive, even as applied to…

For many, the message of Hanukkah is that miracles really do happen and that they can happen for us. This story, found in the Babylonian Talmud, recounts how upon entering the newly liberated Temple in Jerusalem, the Hasmonean soldiers found only a tiny vase containing enough oil to light the Menorah for a single day.…

Yesterday’ post told the story of Hanukkah as one of liberation. The story of Hanukkah, is also told as one of civil war between Jews living in the land of Israel, some so-called “traditionalists” and others “assimilationists” who wanted to follow the ways of their gentile neighbors. According to this story, which includes miraculous intervention…
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