Category: chanukah
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Greek Wisdom mp3 shiur
Here is a shiur I gave last night (the first night of Chanukah) at Darche Noam on “Greek Wisdom and Kaballah”. I argue in favour of learning science (at a time which is not day and not night) in order to come to know G-d, and to come to love and fear Him. This is… Read more
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Graphic Chanukah images
I saw this picture posted on hashkafa.com. It shows a chanukah crime scene, with a sufganiya (jelly donut) brutally attacked and murdered. However, without wishing to justify violent crime, I would like to suggest that it may have been self-defence. I only ate one of them, and this is what they did to me! (Picture… Read more
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Microsoft Menorah in the Window (TM)
My neighbour has just put up Mezuzot on all the doors of the elevator (on every floor – don’t even ask what the halachah is – (as Nike would say) just do it! Because apparently frumkeit is nothing to do with halachah or bein adam l’chaveiro). That set me thinking. What other chumras are we… Read more
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Kosher for Hamukah
WHOOPS!! This monumental goof was posted on Badvertising This is what happens when political correctness is combined with rabid consumerism and complete lack of brains or knowledge! Here is the thought process behind this. We want to sell products to our Jewish customers too. We can’t label everything for Xmas because that would be insensitive… Read more
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Oh! Nuts – 10% discount!
When it comes to Chanukah I really am a Grinch. There are so many things I don’t like about the holiday, that it makes me rather grumpy. First there is all that messing about with oil and lights and trying to find the safest and halachicly best place to put the menorah (and the stress… Read more