Topsy Turvy 5773/2012.
Everything is upside down in the Chanukah story; the Kohanim are the one’s on the battlefield. But they get to light the menorah also (anyway).
Rosh Chodesh Teves, the middle of Chanuka. (5772/2011).
Why Chanuka is at the end of the month and actually goes from (the end [disappearing moon] of) one month into (the birth of) another, Rosh Chodesh Teves is where ruchniyus translates into Gashmiyus.
Kislev to Teves.
Chanuka is the only Yom Tov that starts in one month and ends in another. From Kislev (the third) to Teves (the fourth) of the winter months. Short Version. Longer Version.
The third light and the Alter Rebbe’s redemption. (5773/ 2012).
Chanukah and Chassidus and oil. A thought on Chanukah Gelt.
Candles of the Menora in the Beis HaMikdash, Chanuka Candles, Shabbos Candles.
Why the RaMbam connects Shalom Bayis of Shabbos Candles to Chanuka.
Chanuka Gelt.
Why gelt and what’s gelt. Why on Chanuka? Some thoughts. Short Version. Longer Version.
Not in desert.
The date of Chanuka (25 Kislev) has an affinity for the idea of renewal. This is evidenced from the fact that in the desert the Mishkan (tabernacle) was completed on 25 Kislev 2449. But it’s construction and use was postponed until (the end of Adar and) Nissan of that year. This date was not celebrated…
Source of Chanuka story (Sforim haChitzonim).
The apocrypha which Yidden once shunned, has the elaborate version of the Chanuka story. The earliest text of all tells the story of the candles.
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