“The Darkness of Winter: Environmental Reflections on Hanukkah” by Ebn Leader, Hebrew College

It has often been noted that the Jewish holidays function within a dual cycle of history and nature. This is perhaps most clearly expressed in the Kiddush of Friday evening, where within one sentence we speak of the sanctity of Shabbat as a memory to the act of creation and as a memory to the exodus from Egypt. Read More »

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