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Category: Chanukah

Chanukah and the Rosh HaShanah of the Chasidim

(Chanukah and 19 Kislev: Two opportunities to move from conflict to unity; December 2024)

Published December 28, 2024
Categorized as Chanukah Tagged olive

The olive tree, the post-Chanukah period, and Jewish unity

(Why the menorah became the symbol of Chanukah; January 2007)

Published August 20, 2008
Categorized as Chanukah Tagged Chanukah, olive
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