Hanukkah Doughnut Masterclass with Pastry Chef Fany Gerson
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Recited at the end of Shabbat morning services, this beautiful poem does a lot with a little.
In 2023, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 7 and lasts until sundown on Friday, Dec. 15.
Lesser-known facts about the Festival of Lights.
From candle-lighting to Maccabees and latkes to dreidels.
At this moment of intensifying violence, the Torah offers an insight into how we might open a path towards peace.
In this Torah portion, Jacob favors Joseph, and this angers Joseph’s brothers. Joseph has dreams in which he predicts reigning over his brothers, provoking them further. They decide to sell Joseph into slavery in Egypt. Tamar disguises herself as a prostitute and sleeps with her father-in-law, Judah. In Egypt, the wife of Joseph’s owner tries to seduce Joseph, and when he rejects her, she accuses him of trying to rape her and has him sent to prison. In prison, Pharaoh’s baker and butler have dreams, and Joseph interprets them correctly.
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This Torah portion tells the story of Tamar, a woman who saw the possibility of new life where others saw only death.
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A pious ounce of prevention.
Broken jugs and fallen camels.
Break their teeth.
The Hasidic prayer practice of hitbodedut — talking to God freely in one’s native tongue — helps to build intimacy over time.
From bonfires to hanging menorahs to an extra candle, here are some lesser-known Jewish Hanukkah traditions from all over the globe.
The books that tell the Hanukkah tale didn’t make it into the Hebrew Bible — but they are in the Catholic one.
Jewish tradition teaches that music unlocks the door to divine connection.
How the festival of lights became a holiday, and how it has evolved in modern times.