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#150: Hanukkah is the Festival of NO!

#150: Hanukkah is the Festival of NO!

A version of the sermon I delivered at Temple Beth El, Somerset, NJ on 12/24/2022

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Gimme Some Torah #150

Welcome to new subscriber eug***! !ברוך הבא

Shabbat Shalom, Ḥodesh Tov, and Happy Ḥanukkah!

We’ve all heard the usual suspects for the meaning of Hanukkah. Some say it’s about liberation from oppression. Others say it’s about the miracle of the oil. Another oft-repeated theory is that Hanukkah teaches us about light, especially as a…

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