Sixth Candle: Chanukah and the Winter Solstice
Every year, the festival of Chanukah reminds us of the war of the Jewish people against the Greek kingdom, which represented an existential spiritual threat...
Category : Chanukah
Abraham, Rebbe Zusha, the Lights of Chaos
Rabbi Meshulam Zusil of Anapoli, better known as Rebbe Zusha, was a senior student of the Maggid of Mezritch. Brother of the renowned Rebbe Elimelech...
The Fifth Candle: Healing the Hellenic Aesthetic with the Eight Faces of Divine Beauty
The aesthetic of beauty is central to Hellenic culture. Because its use was meant to obscure beauty’s Divine source, we as Jews could not then,...
The First Candle: Of Tzadikim and of Heroes
Translated from Rabbi Ginsburgh's book on Chanukah, Hanerot Hallalu The Chanukah Candles’ Light and Warmth We begin our 8-day-long journey into the secrets of Chanukah...
The Eighth Note
What is the most important and significant number in the Torah? Most likely, you thought of seven: Seven days of the week, seven days of...
Q&A: Chanukah Sefirot Correspondence
Q: How do the eight days of Chanukah correspond to the sefirot? A: The eight days of Chanukah correspond to the sefirot from Binah, Understanding...
Kislev: Sweet Dreams
“…When God brings back the returnees to Zion, we were like dreamers.”[1] What does “we were like dreamers” mean? There are at least three explanations...
An Ancient Melody
This melody is from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s disk, “Meditative Melodies for Chanukah” Vocals: Rabbi Ginsburgh Violin: Mordechai Brodski...
Chanukah: Holy Boldness and Paradox
Daniel describes a vision in which he sees four animals[1] that the sages interpret as corresponding to four great empires. The leopard in his vision...
