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What if you forget to say Tal u'Matar? PARSHAT VAYEISHEV December 8-9, 2023 / 26 Kislev 5784   HAFTARAH Zechariah 2:14-4:7   THIS SHABBAT Shabbat Chanukah Mevarchim HaChodesh for the month of Tevet   SPECIAL DAYS Chanukah begins tonight, December 7, and is celebrated through Friday, December 15. Rosh Chodesh Tevet is celebrated on Wednesday, December 13.  FEATURED Chanukah Lights and Campus Darkness Rabbi Moshe Hauer On August 31, 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson gave an epic address at Harvard University in which he said "character is higher than intellect." Those five words should guide the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT and their colleagues as they attempt to dig themselves out from their shameless and disastrous testimony to Congress and find the path forward for American "higher" education. Read More Why Eight Nights When the Miracle Was Seven Nights? Orthodox Union OU Kosher's Rabbi Moshe Elefant discusses this fundamental question. Tune in to ou.org/chanukah for other Chanukah content and shiurim. Watch Now Do You Know Anyone Who Would Appreciate an Invitation for Chanukah? Welcome others into the warmth of your family and home. Lighting the menorah, Shabbos Chanukah or Chanukah parties and dinners all present opportunities to share your light with others who may be celebrating alone. How will you share your light this Chanukah?  AROUND THE OU Teach Coalition Maury Litwack on Good Morning America This past Friday, Good Morning America shed light on the important issue of security needs in our yeshivas and Jewish day schools amidst the recent rise in antisemitism in the U.S. Teach Coalition's Maury Litwack is featured in the segment. Watch Now OU Advocacy National Mobilization Week This week, we join with other national American Jewish organizations for "National Mobilization Week" in support of Israel, collectively advocating for at least 100,000 phone calls and emails to members of Congress in support of Israel's battle against Hamas. Call Your Members of Congress GenAleph Role Playing Conversations About Child Safety In this episode of GenAleph's Child Safety series, the podcast engages in role-playing scenarios to explore various conversations that should take place with our children about their bodily autonomy and safety. Listen Now Orthodox Union Day of Tefillah – Sunday, December 10 A growing number of shuls have designated this Sunday, December 10, as an auspicious day for our community to gather in tefillah for our brothers and sisters in Israel. Read More Maury Litwack Riding the Political Waves British Prime Minister Harold Wilson is supposed to have said, "A week is a lifetime in politics." And if a week can be so momentous, all the more so holds true for a month or a year. The way time operates in politics is unique. Consider where we were a year ago. Read in Mishpacha Magazine Community Projects & Partnerships OU Initiates Pivotal Partnership to Enhance Access to Kosher Chicken in New York A collaborative effort with Gemiluth Chessed of Greater New York, City Harvest, and Empire Chicken ensures vital nutrition for the community. Read in JNS Women's Initiative Chanukah With the Women's Initiative Please join us for the Women's Initiative Chanukah Ideas and Inspiration with Dr. Debra West, head of the Emergency Department at Samson Assuta Ashdod, Rabbanit Fran Miller, and mayor of Mitzpe Yericho Aliza Pilichowski. Register Now OU-JLIC Grilling for Heroes: A Night With the 669 Search and Rescue Unit OU-JLIC Tel Aviv's community hosted a barbecue for the 669 Search and Rescue Unit near Gaza. The event also supported a local butcher whose business has been impacted by the war. Read More NCSY Israel When Everything Is War-Related Close to 200 English-speaking teens living in Israel gathered in Kfar Etzion for an incredible Shabbat experience. In many ways, this Shabbaton was like any other NCSY Israel Shabbaton, and yet it was utterly different. Read more in the Times of Israel 18Forty Noa Lewis: How Can We Help Israel? Finding Our Purpose In this episode of the 18Forty podcast, Noa Lewis, CEO of Echad and a volunteer with the IDF's women's Casualty Treatment Unit, talks about the sense of purpose it takes to unify the Jewish People with the Land of Israel. Listen Now Jewish Action What's the Truth About... Joseph's "Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"? Yaakov gave his favorite son a special garment that is described by the Torah as a ketonet passim. The translation of passim is shrouded in mystery, and even the word ketonet has various interpretations. Read More Adina Soclof Be the Light in the Darkness This Chanukah, the Jewish people need to focus even more on being the light in the darkness. We have just endured so much suffering and heartache. How can we illuminate the night for our children? Read More  UPCOMING EVENTS   Orthodox Union   E-Cigarettes: Vaping and Tobacco Use by Youth in Our Community December 18 Join the second session of a two-part virtual training for parents, yeshiva and seminary teachers, healthcare professionals and Jewish communal leaders on modern techniques for harm reduction. Register at touro.edu  TORAH L'Kadsho The Shabbos Nap Learn the importance, the context and the limitations of the traditional Shabbos nap with Rabbi Reuven Brand! How should one proceed in an automatic restroom on Shabbos? Find out with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz! Plus, Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon on primary and sub-categories of labor, Rabbi Aryeh Kerzner on Fedex deliveries, and much more! Learn Now Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman Chanukah: Building With Divine Design The menorah described in this week's haftorah and envisioned by Zecharia is a very unusual menorah. It is not the menorah we are familiar with from the Beit HaMikdash, nor from the holiday of Chanukah. Read More Rabbi Menachem Genack Lighting Chanukah Candles in Shul Why do we light Chanukah candles in shul? Is this just an additional method of publicizing the Chanukah miracle, or is it because a shul shares the holiness of the Beit HaMikdash? Read in Hebrew