Chanukah had become about presents and stuff for our family, and I knew it could be more. Obviously kids expect and get excited for the

Was the First Day Miraculous? The Beit Yosef asks: Why is Chanukah celebrated for eight days and not seven? There was enough oil to last

(Courtesy of Kollel Chatzos) “Bren, lichtele, bren…” As we sing at our precious Chanukah licht, we implore that the candle burns and burns and burns…

Chanukah is remarkable in a number of ways. Jewish holidays are typically marked by physical actions one is required to do and prohibitions—some combination of

As you shop for all the friends and family on your list this year, there’s an important recipient to consider: your pet. Before sniffing around

Karen Rostoker-Gruber’s “Farmer Kobi’s Hanukkah Match” is available nationwide at Barnes and Noble this holiday season for fun reading with the whole family. In 2016,

Chanukah, of course, is the celebration of the Jewish people coming from the darkness into the light. And since I work in the lighting business,

Probably the most popular story in the Talmud is the story of the modular oven (Baba Metzia 59b); its parts connected by sand so that

I can still remember spending a Shabbos Chanukah with my grandparents. My grandfather lit his father’s large silver menorah, taken when he escaped Germany in

The term “Chashmonai” is widely used in the rabbinic literature about Chanukah. But nowhere in I Maccabees and II Maccabees is the term used, and

Parshat Vayeishev launches the conclusion of Sefer Bereishit: the saga of Yaakov, his family, and the internal strife that gashes any attempt at family unity.

The Beth Din of America (BDA) and Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) prenuptial agreement is undoubtedly gaining in popularity and usage. It is has become