Hanukkah Doughnut Masterclass with Pastry Chef Fany Gerson
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How to Light the Hanukkah Menorah
The traditional blessings and procedures for lighting the Hanukkah candles.
Hanukkah 2023
In 2023, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 7 and lasts until sundown on Friday, Dec. 15.
9 Things You Didn’t Know About Hanukkah
Lesser-known facts about the Festival of Lights.
Hanukkah 101
From candle-lighting to Maccabees and latkes to dreidels.
Struggling With Our Shadow
At this moment of intensifying violence, the Torah offers an insight into how we might open a path towards peace.
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Summary
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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Parashat Vayeshev: Finding Light, Making Change
This Torah portion tells the story of Tamar, a woman who saw the possibility of new life where others saw only death.
Daf Yomi
Bava Kamma 32
Entering the passageway.
Bava Kamma 31
Potter pileup.
Bava Kamma 30
A pious ounce of prevention.
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