December 17, 2020 - 2 Teves 5781 News from the Agudah:
- This Chanukah we are pleased to share with you a previously unpublished letter from the Novominsker Rebbe ZTVK"L which includes an answer to a question posed by the P'ri Megadim - why is Haneiros Hallalu not a hefsek when lighting the Chanukah menorah? See below to read the entire letter.
- Covid restrictions on religious institutions were discriminatory. The Supreme Court did its job. "If personal experience is a worthy teacher, I'd warn the Colorado and New Jersey religious plaintiffs in whose favor the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to brace themselves for a slew of angry phone calls and emails." Click here to continue reading the op-ed written by Rabbi Avi Shafran for NBC News.
- "Hollywood was the latest chapter of a 2,500-year dialogue - a dialogue about how you get beneath the surface of things. About how you get to the Truth. The dialogue between Jerusalem and Athens." See below to read the full article by Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair published in the Jewish Observer in 2001, in which he discusses the similarities between contemporary Hollywood and ancient Athens.
- Did you see this week's B'dibur Echad video about Shabbos? Click here to see the video, and go to KiHeimChayeinu.com to sign up for the weekly emails.
- Today we're highlighting the Agudah Convention's keynote session given by Rabbi Reuven Feinstein . Click here to watch it. The session is also available to listen to over the phone - see below for instructions.
| | Letter from the Novominsker Rebbe zt'l
Click here or on the image below to read the full letter. | | More Than Skin Deep: The Beauty of Chanukah
Click here or on image below to view the full article | | Featured Convention Session: Rabbi Reuven Feinstein | | To access the Agudah Convention sessions by phone call 718.298.2077 (USA) or 647.797.0056 (CA) and enter the ID number for the session. To listen to Rabbi Reuven Feinstein's keynote address use ID: 9131580 #. | | | | | | |
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