What IS Chanukah?

[Chabad.org]( [View Online]( ב"ה [Chabad.org Magazine]( [End the year with a gift to Chabad.org]( [Please donate]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Chanukah [13 Facts About the Maccabees Every Jew Should Know]( [13 Facts About the Maccabees Every Jew Should Know]( By Menachem Posner [Read]( [The Best Gift You Can Give Your Children This Chanukah? A Financial Education!]( [The Best Gift You Can Give Your Children This Chanukah? A Financial Education!]( What is the difference between giving our children money, or a bike or scooter? By Yael Trusch [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Your Questions [Must I Give Gifts Every Night of Chanukah?]( [Must I Give Gifts Every Night of Chanukah?]( An underlying theme of Chanukah (and Chanukah gelt) is Jewish education. By Yehuda Shurpin [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Video [What IS Chanukah?]( [What IS Chanukah?]( We know the facts on why we celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights. But is that all? Could it be that the inner meaning of the holiday has been hidden from plain sight? [Watch (3:47)]( [How to Make a Little Dreidel Out of Clay]( [How to Make a Little Dreidel Out of Clay]( By Chaya Esther Ort [Watch (4:18)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Parshah [Emotional Starvation]( [Emotional Starvation]( When we understand that bullying behavior is often rooted in emotional starvation, we can respond with compassion and loving strength. By Lazer Gurkow [Read]( [Miketz Parshah Quiz]( [Miketz Parshah Quiz]( Take this quiz to see how well you know the parshah of Miketz. By Menachem Posner [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Chanukah Today [Young Jewish Professionals Worldwide Spread Chanukah Light]( [Young Jewish Professionals Worldwide Spread Chanukah Light]( The goal of the ‘Ambassadors of Light’ effort is to distribute menorahs and make new connections By Karen Schwartz [Read]( [The First ‘Virtual Reality’ Chanukah Comes to Brooklyn]( [The First ‘Virtual Reality’ Chanukah Comes to Brooklyn]( High-tech holiday experiences around the world engage and entertain By Rochel Schwartz [Read]( [Chanukah in the Military: An Opportunity to Celebrate Jewish Pride]( [Chanukah in the Military: An Opportunity to Celebrate Jewish Pride]( 70 chaplains and the Aleph Institute make the holiday possible on hundreds of bases By Nicole Bauke [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- First Person [When I Stopped Praying]( [When I Stopped Praying]( Chanukah represents much more than a physical victory. The menorah provides a guide to help us fight our inner, spiritual battles. By Miriam Yerushalmi [Read]( [I Learned Who I Am in the Greek Islands]( [I Learned Who I Am in the Greek Islands]( I asked myself, “How can you dress one way in one place and a different way in another?” To have one identity at “home” and another one when I was away felt off. It felt contradictory. By Elana Mizrahi [Read]( [A Man at the Supermarket Reminded Me: Chanukah Reflects Giving]( [A Man at the Supermarket Reminded Me: Chanukah Reflects Giving]( I remembered you saying, “If someone, even a stranger, has to bend down to ask, you have to walk over to give.” By Linda Goldberg [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Story [The Miracle of the Missing Menorah]( [The Miracle of the Missing Menorah]( Whether it was a silver goblet, an ornate spice box, or the Shabbat candlesticks, all they could do was acknowledge the disappearance By Asharon Baltazar [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Jewish News [Geulah Cohen, 93, Israeli Activist, Journalist and Political Leader]( [Geulah Cohen, 93, Israeli Activist, Journalist and Political Leader]( Her interviews with the Rebbe were deeply influential on Israeli society By Yaakov Ort [Read]( [Dancing With the Torah on a Street Once Named for Hitler]( [Dancing With the Torah on a Street Once Named for Hitler]( A new Torah scroll and Chabad center are joyously dedicated in Freiburg, Germany By Yehuda Sugar [Watch (0:09)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Lifestyle [17 Festive Recipes to Make This Chanukah]( [17 Festive Recipes to Make This Chanukah]( By Miriam Szokovski [Read]( [Art: Chanukah Greeting Card]( [Art: Chanukah Greeting Card]( By Sharon Gross [Read]( [Chanukah - Hanukkah]( [Chanukah Event Directory]( --------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: {EMAIL} [Change email address]( · [Manage Subscriptions]( · [Unsubscribe]( © Copyright [Chabad.org]( · [Contact Us]( · [Ask the Rabbi]( · [Privacy Policy]( · [Donate](