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Illuminating the World: On Women Lighting Candles
The Shulchan Aruch notes that lighting Shabbat candles is an obligation on the Jewish people, not a minhag or a custom but a binding mitzvah…
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Comparing Chanuka and Shabbat Candles
Before receiving an important guest, one will go to great lengths to prepare one’s home in a beautiful and dignified manner…
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Vayigash: What You Didn’t Know About Serach, Daughter of Asher
Aside from the foremothers, one of the most talked-about women in Sefer Bereishit is Serach Bat Asher…
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Were Women Involved in the Miracle of Chanuka?
In the Chanukah narrative, the spotlight often shines on Yehuda HaMaccabee and his brothers…
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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…
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Chanuka and the Spiritual War of the Maccabees
In our history, we have faced, and will continue to face, many ‘isms’. Each time, we need to examine that ‘ism’ honestly…
