Meaningful Moadim
  • Welcome to Meaningful Moadim
    • Chanukah: The Festival of Lights >
      • Are we celebrating the victory over the Greeks or the Miracle of the Oil? >
        • Miracle Oil?
        • The Jewish People Are Above Nature
        • The Light of the Jewish Soul Glows on Chanukah
        • Chanukah: A Winter Festival
        • Chanukah: A War of Conflicting Philosophies >
          • Alexander The Great and The Jewish Sages
          • Uphold Good or Destroy Evil?
          • LeHashkicham Torasecha U’LeHa’aviram MeiChukei Retzonecha
        • Why was a holiday established specifically for the war that led to the Chanukah miracle?
        • U’Leamcha Yisrael Assisa Teshua Gedola U’furkan K’Hayom Hazeh…
      • Give the Gift of LIGHT!
      • Customs, Symbols & Observances >
        • More Reasons for Doughnuts on Chanukah
        • The Letters on the Dreidel
        • More Customs >
          • More About the Dreidel
          • More on Dreidel
          • Chanukah Gelt
          • The Lesson of "Chanukah Gelt"
          • L'Hodos U'LaHallel
        • More Symbolism >
          • Symbolism of Olive Oil
          • The Greeks vs. The Jews
          • The Little Jug that Traveled Through Time
        • The Custom to serve Dairy and Cheese Products on Chanukah
        • Tzedaka - Charity
      • The Shamash >
        • The Secret of the Shamash
      • Putting Away the Menorah?
      • Recommended Reading
    • KISLEV - Great Expectations >
      • What is Chanukah? >
        • The Name of the Holiday >
          • Chanukah: Renewal
          • Why is Shehechiyanu recited only on the first night of Chanukah?
          • Biblical Allusions
          • Another explanation of the name Chanukah
          • Ve-Al Hnissim, not Al Hanissim
          • Mai Chanukah?
          • Bais Shamai and Bais Hillel (2)
          • Mazal Kislev Keshes
          • Why didn't the Kohanim themselves defile the oil if everyone was tamei, ritually impure due to the war? >
            • Chanukah Always has a Shabbos >
              • Chanukah Always Falls our Around parshas Mikeitz
            • Introducung Chodesh Adar
            • Tu BiShevat - The New Year of the Trees >
              • Bearing Fruit
              • Pri Eitz Hadar
              • Tu BeShevat – A Day of Perceptible Belief
            • Tu B'shvat and Shabbos Shira
    • We blow the Shofar Throughout the Month of Elul
    • Shofar Throughout the Month of Elul
    • Reconnecting with our Father in Heaven >
      • Mishenichnas Adar Marbim BeSimcha >
        • A Purim Thought
        • Mazal Adar Dagim - The Month of Adar is Symbolized by Fish
        • More on Mazel Adar Dagim
        • The First of "the Four Parshiyos" - Parshas Shekalim
        • The Month of Adar and Purim >
          • Holiday of Unity?
        • Why Megillas ESTHER?
        • Purim and Prayer >
          • Prayer in the Megillah
        • The Most Unhappiest Queen of them all
        • Purim and Charity
        • Making Purim Last Throughout the Year
        • Story: The Purim of Saragosa
    • Month of Teves: Catastrophic Events
    • Questions or Comments?
    • Calendar Converter
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  • Welcome to Meaningful Moadim
    • Chanukah: The Festival of Lights >
      • Are we celebrating the victory over the Greeks or the Miracle of the Oil? >
        • Miracle Oil?
        • The Jewish People Are Above Nature
        • The Light of the Jewish Soul Glows on Chanukah
        • Chanukah: A Winter Festival
        • Chanukah: A War of Conflicting Philosophies >
          • Alexander The Great and The Jewish Sages
          • Uphold Good or Destroy Evil?
          • LeHashkicham Torasecha U’LeHa’aviram MeiChukei Retzonecha
        • Why was a holiday established specifically for the war that led to the Chanukah miracle?
        • U’Leamcha Yisrael Assisa Teshua Gedola U’furkan K’Hayom Hazeh…
      • Give the Gift of LIGHT!
      • Customs, Symbols & Observances >
        • More Reasons for Doughnuts on Chanukah
        • The Letters on the Dreidel
        • More Customs >
          • More About the Dreidel
          • More on Dreidel
          • Chanukah Gelt
          • The Lesson of "Chanukah Gelt"
          • L'Hodos U'LaHallel
        • More Symbolism >
          • Symbolism of Olive Oil
          • The Greeks vs. The Jews
          • The Little Jug that Traveled Through Time
        • The Custom to serve Dairy and Cheese Products on Chanukah
        • Tzedaka - Charity
      • The Shamash >
        • The Secret of the Shamash
      • Putting Away the Menorah?
      • Recommended Reading
    • KISLEV - Great Expectations >
      • What is Chanukah? >
        • The Name of the Holiday >
          • Chanukah: Renewal
          • Why is Shehechiyanu recited only on the first night of Chanukah?
          • Biblical Allusions
          • Another explanation of the name Chanukah
          • Ve-Al Hnissim, not Al Hanissim
          • Mai Chanukah?
          • Bais Shamai and Bais Hillel (2)
          • Mazal Kislev Keshes
          • Why didn't the Kohanim themselves defile the oil if everyone was tamei, ritually impure due to the war? >
            • Chanukah Always has a Shabbos >
              • Chanukah Always Falls our Around parshas Mikeitz
            • Introducung Chodesh Adar
            • Tu BiShevat - The New Year of the Trees >
              • Bearing Fruit
              • Pri Eitz Hadar
              • Tu BeShevat – A Day of Perceptible Belief
            • Tu B'shvat and Shabbos Shira
    • We blow the Shofar Throughout the Month of Elul
    • Shofar Throughout the Month of Elul
    • Reconnecting with our Father in Heaven >
      • Mishenichnas Adar Marbim BeSimcha >
        • A Purim Thought
        • Mazal Adar Dagim - The Month of Adar is Symbolized by Fish
        • More on Mazel Adar Dagim
        • The First of "the Four Parshiyos" - Parshas Shekalim
        • The Month of Adar and Purim >
          • Holiday of Unity?
        • Why Megillas ESTHER?
        • Purim and Prayer >
          • Prayer in the Megillah
        • The Most Unhappiest Queen of them all
        • Purim and Charity
        • Making Purim Last Throughout the Year
        • Story: The Purim of Saragosa
    • Month of Teves: Catastrophic Events
    • Questions or Comments?
    • Calendar Converter
  • TAKING A MOMENT OUT FOR A CHANUKAH THOUGHT
  • TAKING A MOMENT OUT FOR A CHANUKAH THOUGHT