Category: Hanukkah

What Your Favorite Spelling of Hanukkah Says about Your Music Tastes

What Your Favorite Spelling of Hanukkah Says about Your Music Tastes

Show me how you spell Hanukkah and I'll tell you about your music taste. Don't worry, I'll make tons of assumptions about you.
December 18, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Reflections
Illuminating our Inner Strength: Hanukkah Kavanah

Illuminating our Inner Strength: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 17, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
Choosing Light: Hanukkah Kavanah

Choosing Light: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 15, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
Power and Promise: Hanukkah Kavanah

Power and Promise: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 15, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
Pause, Wonder, Ask, Turn: Hanukkah Kavanah

Pause, Wonder, Ask, Turn: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 15, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
Chasing Away the Darkness: Hanukkah Kavanah

Chasing Away the Darkness: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 15, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
Let There be Light: Hanukkah Kavanah

Let There be Light: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 13, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
Kindling Justice and Compassion: Hanukkah Kavanah

Kindling Justice and Compassion: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 13, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
Light Over Fear: Hanukkah Kavanah

Light Over Fear: Hanukkah Kavanah

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with this spiritual intention. Read one each night before you light the candles.
December 13, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
8 Nights of Kavvanot

8 Nights of Kavvanot

Elevate your Hanukkah candle lighting with these spiritual intentions. When the nights are dark, we are reminded about the powerful message of Hanukkah: To lift ...
December 13, 2024 Hanukkah Hanukkah Kavanot
The Art of Assimilating Wisely

The Art of Assimilating Wisely

Hanukkah—when we read about the Maccabees resisting assimilation and Joseph embracing it—is a time to look at the art of assimilation wisely.
December 14, 2023 Hanukkah Hanukkah Reflections
Elevating in Sanctity

Elevating in Sanctity

Elevating in sanctity the celebration of Hanukah, means lighting one more candle each night. What else can we learn from this?
December 8, 2023 Hanukkah Hanukkah Reflections
My Good Mensches, We Are Modern Maccabees

My Good Mensches, We Are Modern Maccabees

We are the Maccabees of our modern time and we have the responsibility to keep the Ner Tamid lit for another generation.
November 28, 2023 #beamaccabee Hanukkah
Jewish Pride Guides My Actions

Jewish Pride Guides My Actions

From a love of Judaism and Jewish history, my Jewish pride guides my actions, both public and private, and defines my sense of self.
November 28, 2023 #beamaccabee Hanukkah
What is Healthy Jewish Pride?

What is Healthy Jewish Pride?

What is healthy Jewish pride? While exploring the past, present, and future of Chanukah, Rabbi Bernat-Kunin proposes a new home ritual.
May 10, 2023 Hanukkah Hanukkah Reflections
Miracles: The Power of One Letter

Miracles: The Power of One Letter

Conservative/Masorti prayer books include the Hebrew letter "vav" in the blessing for the miracle of Hanukkah. What is its secret?
December 21, 2022 Hanukkah Hanukkah Reflections
DIY Hanukkah and the Potato Menorah

DIY Hanukkah and the Potato Menorah

DIY Hanukkah: My custom of making a potato menorah and why DIY Judaica can provide a crucial connection to Judaism.
December 11, 2022 Food Hanukkah
Liturgy on Ḥanukkah

Liturgical Changes on Hanukkah

Liturgy on Hanukkah includes Hallel and additions to the Amidah. There are also special Torah readings, maftirs, and haftarot.
, December 8, 2022 Hanukkah Holidays
Songs for Hanukkah

Songs for Hanukkah

Hanukkah songs include those that follow candle lighting, as well as S'vivon sov sov sov, Hanukkah O'Hanukkah, and Neir Li.
December 6, 2022 Hanukkah Holidays
The Menorah

What is The Menorah?

The central mitzvah of Ḥanukkah is the lighting of the menorah at home and in the synagogue. This brings light to the darker winter months. ...
, December 6, 2022 Hanukkah Holidays
Customs for Hanukkah

Customs for Hanukkah

Beyond lighting the menorah, Hanukkah customs include special foods, the dreidel and gift-giving, especially when spending time with family.
, December 6, 2022 Food Hanukkah
Hanukkah Candle Lighting

How to light the Hanukkah Candles

Read here for the procedure for lighting candles for Hanukkah. This includes the blessings, song ideas, and order for lighting candles.
, December 5, 2022 Hanukkah Holidays
Hanukkah: History and Context

Hanukkah: History and Context

What is Hanukkah's historical context? What does it actually commemorate? Who was Judah and the Maccabees?
, November 30, 2022 Hanukkah Holidays

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