24 December 2025 – 4 Tevet 5786 | Festivals, Thought
The rabbis of the Talmud famously ask the question: “Mai Chanukah?” – what is Chanukah? (Shabbat 21b). They answer their question with a story that our sages taught: “on the 25th of Kislev – the days of Chanukkah… for when the Greeks entered the Temple, they polluted...
