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Too Much Oil in the Story!? An Upside-Down Chanukka Mystery

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: December 09 2020

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Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Halacha:

Chanukah

Machshava:

Chanukah, Emunah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Mitzvot, Ramban

Nach:

Tehillim

Collections: Perek 107

References: Shabbat: 21B

Description

"Gazing into the neiros" on the night before --- A more careful look at the "well-known" Chanukka stories, revealing practical hashkafa nuggets for this week and for all year.

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Too Much Oil in the Story!? An Upside-Down Chanukka Mystery

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Halacha:

Chanukah

Machshava:

Chanukah, Emunah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Mitzvot, Ramban

Nach:

Tehillim

Collections: Perek 107

References: Shabbat: 21B

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Too Much Oil in the Story!? An Upside-Down Chanukka Mystery

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Halacha: Chanukah Machshava: Chanukah, Emunah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Mitzvot, Ramban Nach: Tehillim

Collections: Perek 107

References: Shabbat: 21B

Description

Additional Materials

Contact Us

About Us

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Halacha:

Chanukah

Machshava:

Chanukah, Emunah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Mitzvot, Ramban

Nach:

Tehillim