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Chanuka and the Spiritual War of the Maccabees
“…The real battle was not the military one. It was a cultural one”
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Were Women Involved in the Miracle of Chanuka?
The primary part of the miracle was done by them; Purim – by Esther, Chanukah – by Yehudit…
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Yehudit, Chanuka and the Greatness of Jewish Women
The story of Yehudit is perhaps one of the lesser-known miracles of the Chanuka story, but its impact is so great that the Rashbam held that the reason women are obligated in the mitzva of lighting the Chanuka candles is in the merit of Yehudit. Yehudit was the widowed daughter of the Kohen Gadol, Yochanan…
