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An underlying theme of Chanukah (and Chanukah gelt) is Jewish education.
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By the Numbers
10 Menorahs Around the World That Make Us Proud to Be Jewish

10 Menorahs Around the World That Make Us Proud to Be Jewish

Fifty years after the first public menorah lighting, 15,000 public menorahs are being lit in the most extraordinary places.

By Miriam Szokovski

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14 Aramaic Words to Know and Use All the Time

14 Aramaic Words to Know and Use All the Time

As the Jewish vernacular for centuries and the language of the Talmud, Aramaic significantly influences Jewish scholarship and culture.

By Yehuda Altein

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10 Questions: Take the Judah Quiz

10 Questions: Take the Judah Quiz

Do you know your Judah facts?

By Menachem Posner

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Your Questions
Must I Give Gifts Every Night of Chanukah?

Must I Give Gifts Every Night of Chanukah?

An underlying theme of Chanukah (and Chanukah gelt) is Jewish education.

By Yehuda Shurpin

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History
An Age-Old Mystery: Where Is the Tomb of the Maccabees?

An Age-Old Mystery: Where Is the Tomb of the Maccabees?

Given its large size and striking design, the tomb should have been easy to locate. Yet, it seems to have been swallowed up by the sands of time.

By Yehudis Litvak

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Straight Curves? An Old Menorah Debate Takes a New Turn

Straight Curves? An Old Menorah Debate Takes a New Turn

Many—although by no means all—of the public menorahs on display today feature straight branches extending diagonally from each side of a central shaft. This trend began in the 1980s, but it is rooted in a debate that might stretch back to the Middle Ages and beyond.

By Chabad.org Staff

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Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Hiring Babysitters

What You Need to Know About Hiring Babysitters

Learn how to avoid potential yichud situations, keep your kosher kitchen intact, and make payments in the biblically mandated way.

By Yehuda Shurpin

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Ordinary People; Extraordinary Stories
Modern Medical Miracle

Modern Medical Miracle

A woman born without a uterus shares her inspiring journey of faith, love, and medical innovation, culminating in the miraculous birth of her daughter.

Ariella Kamen in conversation with Chana Weisberg

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Parshah
You Came to This World to Plant Trees

You Came to This World to Plant Trees

Read your life from the future backwards.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Who Were the Daughters of Jacob?

Who Were the Daughters of Jacob?

The verse refers to "daughters," but did he actually have more than one?

By Mordechai Rubin

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Jewish News
Born in Philly, the Public Menorah Turns 50

Born in Philly, the Public Menorah Turns 50

Five rabbis erected the first in 1974; now there are 15,000 lit annually

By Dovid Margolin

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Mike Huckabee, Incoming Ambassador to Israel, Lights Menorah in Arkansas

Mike Huckabee, Incoming Ambassador to Israel, Lights Menorah in Arkansas

State's former governor shares words of support for Israel and Jewish people

By Moshe New

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Jimmy Carter, 100, Confronted Darkest Days of Presidency With the Light of the Menorah

Jimmy Carter, 100, Confronted Darkest Days of Presidency With the Light of the Menorah

Died on 4th light of Chanukah, 45 years to the day since inaugurating National Menorah

By Dovid Margolin, Yaakov Ort and Mendel Super

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Video
Why Light Menorahs in Public?

Why Light Menorahs in Public?

The Rebbe's reply has proven itself right again and again.

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Lifestyle

How to Make "Aruk" - Iraqi Potato Latkes

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Voices
The Hanukkah Flames That Outburned the Spanish Flu

The Hanukkah Flames That Outburned the Spanish Flu

A childhood memory of faith, illness, and love

By Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov

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Dad Was In Prison, and I Didn't Know If I Was Jewish

Dad Was In Prison, and I Didn't Know If I Was Jewish

On the windowsill stood a silver candelabra large enough to hold nine candles and a box of tall candles. I understood I was being initiated into a rite I hadn't known existed until that moment.

By Susan Kennedy-Arenz

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Letters of Light
What Can You Learn From the Letter Tav?

What Can You Learn From the Letter Tav?

The twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin

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