December 23, 2011
The festival of Chanukah commemorates the extraordinary victory of the Maccabees, a relatively small and dedicated force of fighters, against one of the great imperial powers of classical antiquity, the Seleucid Greek empire. This story takes us back over 2100 years ago, to the year 164 BCE, two centuries before the destruction of the Second […]
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December 21, 2011
Parashat Vayishlah Dr. Tzvi Weinberg Kfar Ha-Roeh This week’s reading completes the story of Esau (figuratively Edom), providing a suitable opportunity to take a fresh look at this figure. The concluding verses of parashat Vayishlah relay information about an important part of the familial, tribal and national history of Esau/Edom. Although the life of […]
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