By: Romi Morales Tu BiShvat and the Culture of Discussion and Debate In its origins, Tu BiShvat emerged as a date that our sages set to mark the beginning of the agricultural cycle (The “new year for trees”). This date, was highly important at the time, since it indicated which fruits should be set aside […]
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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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