Ohr Somayach - Holidays / Chanukah

The first night of Chanukah is Sunday December 21, 2008
The eighth night is Sunday December 28, 2008
Remember to light both the chanukah candles and the Shabbat candles before Shabbat begins

Highlights
	Freedom of/from Religion	Rabbi Weinbach's Chanukah Message (audio)
	Artists of the Soul	Greeks vs Torah
	It's That Time of Year Again	Talmudic Inights Into Chanuka
	The Laws of Chanuka	The Chanuka Story
	The Secret of the Dreidel	Oil's Well That Ends Well
	8 Reasons for 8 Miracles

Miracles

8 Reasons for 8 Days
Why Chanukah is Celebrated for 8 Days
A Tale of Two Miracles
Women's Role in the Miracle of Chanukah
The Helping Hand
The Two Miracles of the Candles and the War Victory
Just a Little Miracle
If there was only a miracle for seven days, why do we light for eight?
Around the World in 8 Days
The Haftorah of Chanukah Answers "Why 'Maoz Tzur' Mentions All the Exiles," and "Why Chanukah Emphasizes the Miracle of the Oil and Not the Miraculous Victory"
Mother Nature's Father
on the 8th Miracle & the Haftorah of Chanukah
The First Chanukah Light in Begen Belsen
A Chanukah Story

Laws & Rituals

The Laws of Chanukah

Which Comes First?
Shabbos Candles or Chanukah Candles
Electric Menorah

Colored Candles
Which do you light first?
Menorah Made Out of Flammable Substances

Lighting Candles on the 9th Night

Obligation to Light during Air Travel

Chanukah in Camp Grounds

Lighting Chanukah Candles in a Dormitory

Shape of Chanukah Menorah

Maximum Height of Chanukah Menorah

Prohibition on 7 Branched Menorahs

Saying that G-d commanded us on a Rabbinic Mitzvah

Discarding Old Menorah

Deeper Insights

Chanuka Time

Chanukah Audio Message

Its That Time of the Year Again

The Hidden Light
Cows, candles and defeating depression
Confessions of a Jewish Snob

Beauty & The Beast

Skin Deep
From the Greeks to Hollywood, how Chanukah's beauty shines today
Talmudic Insights into Chanukah

Light and Enlightment
Why we can't use the Chanukah lights to read even Torah
The Secret of the Dreidel
A Children's Game That Contains the Story of the Jewish People
Sevens and Eights
The connection of parshat Miketz to the message of Chanukah
User-Friendly Torah
The 2nd Haftorah of Chanukah and the Secret of the 5 Menorahs in the Temple
My Yiddeshe Tatte
The Relationship between Chanukah Candles, Shabbos Lights & the Jewish Mother
The Ninth Day of Chanukah
Why Aren't There 9 Days of Chanukah in Diaspora
Elimination Or Illumination
The 2 Aspects of Fire as Expresed by the Arguement Between Beis Shamai & Beis Hillel
Children of Understanding
The relationship between the Torah of Channukah & the Torah of Lag B'Omer
The Light of Life
How Are Chanukah & Purim Similar
Looking High and Low
The Connection Between the Maximum Height of a Menorah and the Depth of the Pit Yosef was Thrown Into

Greek Philosophy

Freedom of/from Religion

Artists of the Soul

Wisdom Oil
Should we reject secular knowledge?
The True Spirit of Chanukah
What Is Chanukah Really About and Why It Has Nothing to Do with X-mas
Sparks in the Dark
How the Greeks Are Unable to Extinguish The Holy Spark That Burns on in the Heart of the Jewish People
The Threedom of Freedom
the 3 Mitzvot the Ancient Greeks Forbade on Penalty of Death
Art For Arts Sake
The True Value of Art as but the most moving reflection of the world beyond
"Beautiful Inside and Out"
The Torah's View on Beauty and Its Role in the World
Greeks vs. Torah

It's the Real Thing
The Greek View of Reality - Coca Cola?
Maimonides and Aristotle: Virtue or Virtual?
What is the Virtue of Man?
Ode on a Jewish Urn
A commentary on Ma'oz Tzur
Truth and Beauty
The Confrontation Between The People of the Book and the Beautiful People
Oils Well That Ends Well
Lessons Learned from Chanukah Oil

History

The Chanukah Story

Titus' Arch
Is the menorah depicted on Titus' Arch the same menorah that was used in the Temple?
Love of the Land - Modi'in
The City of the Macabees
Hasmonean Kings