HANUKKAH LESSONS FOR MADRICHIM AND MADRICHOT. By: Romi Morales Any normative person would answer “no” to the question we have posed in the title. With some reason, we could say that, if we are already going to go out to fight (that is, we are going to put the body, mind, heart, time, our destiny […]
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By: Romi Morales In recent months we have talked about the concept of “Restart”, trying to think about how when a crisis arises, we can use it as a springboard that allows us to grow, change, learn and revolutionize. In this article we would like to analyze the history of Hanukkah in the light of
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Matías Altcheh, Hanoar Hatzioni Argentina In the 2nd century BCE, the Seleucid dynasty rules the Land of Israel. This government, which began being respectful of Jewish culture, becomes more and more insistent in its desire to Hellenize the people of Israel. The Seleucids seek to establish Greek culture in the Judean region. The moment of
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By: Gabriel Cojuc, Rosh Chinuch Hanoar Hatzioni b’México Al HaNisim ve’al HaNiflaot is a verse that we sing while lighting the Hanukkah candles. It represents certain values of this chag, especially two essential ones—miracles and wonders. Miracles, extraordinary events that happened in Hanukkah and are inexplicable by the laws of nature and the universe, include
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By: Yuval Nemirovsky We all know the festivity of Chanukah with the miracle of the 8 days and we have no problems to quickly identify the holiday as a Jewish holiday. We love to light the candles and we struggle not to eat many delicious “sufganiot” (Donuts). Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days,
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By: Miriam Mercado Every 25th of Kislev (?”? )????? ,begins the Hanukkah celebration. For eight days, we light the Hanukiah, play dreidel and eat sufganiyot and levivot. We tell with great pride and excitement the story of the triumph of the Maccabees and identify with their desire to fight for their ideals. We remember the
(We came to drive away the darkness…) By: Sergio Edelstein We come to illuminate in Hanukkah, similarly to the way we do all year round, with the educational process of the tnua. We come to drive away the darkness, the ignorance, the intransigence and the injustice. The act of illuminating means to be open-minded and
Source: “The Menorah” Author: Theodore Herzl, the Father of Political Zionism (1860-1904) … He held the candelabrum of Hanukkah in his hands and thought: “When had the primitive structure of this candelabrum first been devised? Obviously, its form had originally been derived from that of a tree: The sturdy stem in the center; four branches
By: Miriam Mercado Every 25th of Kislev (?”? )????? ,begins the Hanukkah celebration. For eight days, we light the Hanukiah, play dreidel and eat sufganiyot and levivot. We tell with great pride and excitement the story of the triumph of the Maccabees and identify with their desire to fight for their ideals. We remember the