Chanukah

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Mai Chanukah

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"Mai Chanukah? What is Chanukah?" (Shabbat 21b). To this rather strange question, the Gemara answers, "Our Rabbis taught: From the twenty-fifth of Kislev the days of Chanukah are eight on which eulogies and fasting are forbidden" (Shabbat 21b). The…
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The Prophet Who Stole Channuka: The Biblical Roots of a Rabbinical Holiday

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

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The Prophet Who Stole Channuka

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

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Chanukah: Moving Home

Rabbi Jay Kelman

On the surface, it is difficult to understand why we celebrate Chanukah, a festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple and Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel. We should have ceased to celebrate Chanukah in the year 70 when the Temple…
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Chanukah: Turkey and Latkes

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Chanukah is a most popular holiday, even amongst “secular” Jews. For those living in Israel, the vastly outnumbered Maccabees defeating the powerful Greek/Syrian army has great resonance for an independent Jewish state surrounded by many…
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Emunah Shabbat in Honour of Ruth Kelman, z"l

Tiferet Unterman

Mrs. Ruth Kelman z”l was born and raised in Toronto, to one of the few observant families there at the time...for more information on Mrs. Ruth Kelman, z"l, mother of Torah in Motion founder Rabbi Jay Kelman, click on "Full Schedule…
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Avot and Banim

Dr. David Flatto

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Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira: Jewish Spirituality and the Holocaust, Chanukah 1942

Dr. Don Seeman will present a lecture on Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira: Jewish Spirituality and the Holocaust, Chanukah 1942. Shapira's manuscripts, recovered from the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto, outline his spiritual struggle to deal…
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Judaism vs. Hellenism in the Eyes of Twentieth Century Thinkers 

Rabbi David Bigman

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What was Chanuka, What is Chanuka

Rabbi Zvi Grumet

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