Top Hanukkah questions
You've got Hanukkah questions, On Faith has answers. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield answers your questions about the holiday:
When does Hanukkah begin?
Why is Hanukkah eight days long?
What is the story of Hanukkah?
What is the miracle of Hanukkah?
Are Hanukkah and Chanukah the same?
Did Jesus celebrate Hanukkah?
Why do people play with a dreidel on Hanukkah?
What is a menorah?
What is the most important Hanukkah custom?
How do you say 'Happy Hanukkah' in Hebrew?
(Chanukah candle lighting for Jewish Living Magazine)
More On Faith and Hanukkah:
Rabbi Hirschfield: Eight meditations for the eight nights
Need some tunes for your Hanukkah party? Check out On Faith's musical roundup (including Adam Sandler, Matisyahu and (yes,) Sen. Orrin Hatch).
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Posted by: wikileaks2 | December 4, 2010 11:34 AM
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R. Hirschfield,
I hope you are enjoying Hanukkah. Today, my daughter, Az (ten, going on thirty-one), and I had an interesting chat about Hanukkah and Judah Maccabee. I had always wondered when she would ask why the Tanakh contains no mention of the Maccabees.
Tonight, she asked.
Regards,
Farnaz
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 4, 2010 5:25 AM
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Looks like it is time your husband took you to Bellevue. I will let you off the hook this time, as you do not seem to be operating with a full deck, or seems like you have lost all your marbles.
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Kindly rest yourself. Hold the nice medic's hand, and let him walk you to the ambulance. Try not to pick your nose and examine what you dig out (it irritates pedestrians).
Wipe the yellow off around your mouth, and promise you won't argue about your meds. That way, they may let you share a padded cell.
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 4, 2010 5:24 AM
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The Indian anti-Jewish RACIST returns. Must have filled his urine drinking quota for the day.
The blogger claims he was a high appointed Indian official.
Next time, bloggers rail against Pakistan, they should consider the oppressive, Dalit-raping, Dalit-trafficking, Dalit-murdering, Muslim Genciding, antisemitic "seculars" with which impoverished Pakistan has to deal.
That would also be the India that builds rails through Bangaledsh, promising remuneration and does not pay it while using said rails.
That would be the INDIA that WAREHOUSES BANGLA GRAIN while Bangales are literally dying of hunger, that shoots them, murders them on the border, that is in league with corrupt politicians.
When next time racist, Muslim-genociding, Dalt slaughtering, Jew-Hating,Bengale starving Indian government appointee "secular" spews on this rabbi's page, consider whether our great nation's support of his is entirely sensible from a human rights perspective.
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Looks like it is time your husband took you to Bellevue. I will let you off the hook this time, as you do not seem to be operating with a full deck, or seems like you have lost all your marbles.
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Posted by: iamamerican | December 4, 2010 2:00 AM
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R. Hirschfield,
I hope you are enjoying Hanukkah. Today, my daughter, Az (ten, going on thirty-one), and I had an interesting chat about Hanukkah and Judah Maccabee. I had always wondered when she would ask why the Tanakh contains no mention of the Maccabees.
Tonight, she asked.
Regards,
Farnaz
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 4, 2010 12:01 AM
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Are you really a some kind of professor at some university in the US? I really pity your students and more so rest of your family. I hope your husband never crosses you, because he wouldn't live to tell what happened to him after. Lady, I never thought any person who reads a publication like Washington Post would ever be so vile as to use filthy language like you do, to viciously attack fellow commenters.
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The Indian anti-Jewish RACIST returns. Must have filled his urine drinking quota for the day.
The blogger claims he was a high appointed Indian official.
Next time, bloggers rail against Pakistan, they should consider the oppressive, Dalit-raping, Dalit-trafficking, Dalit-murdering, Muslim Genciding, antisemitic "seculars" with which impoverished Pakistan has to deal.
That would also be the India that builds rails through Bangaledsh, promising remuneration and does not pay it while using said rails.
That would be the INDIA that WAREHOUSES BANGLA GRAIN while Bangales are literally dying of hunger, that shoots them, murders them on the border, that is in league with corrupt politicians.
When next time racist, Muslim-genociding, Dalt slaughtering, Jew-Hating,Bengale starving Indian government appointee "secular" spews on this rabbi's page, consider whether our great nation's support of his is entirely sensible from a human rights perspective.
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 3, 2010 11:43 PM
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Judaism is the world's 12th religion. How come I never see an article about Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, primal-indigenousbeliefs, African Traditional religions, Sikhism, Juche, or Spiritism, all of which count more adherents than Judaism?"
THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENT. MAKES ONE THINK THERE IS MAYBE SOME BIAS.
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THE BIAS IS IN ONE OF YOUR TWO BUTTS, THE ONE THAT SERVES FOR YOUR HEAD, BUTTHEAD.
DON'T LET A CRHISTIC LIGHT, TREE, ETC., FOR YOU AND YOUR CO-SHARKS GAUGE THE REST OF US--THE TAXPAYERS,THAT WOULD BE--FALL ON YOUR BUTT.
AND, USE TISSUE PAPER, NEXT TIME YOU POST. YOU STINK. (AS YOU KNOW)
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 3, 2010 11:35 PM
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"There are 14 million Jews in the world, roughly the population of Istanbul, Turkey's capital, the world' 5th largest city.
Judaism is the world's 12th religion. How come I never see an article about Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, primal-indigenousbeliefs, African Traditional religions, Sikhism, Juche, or Spiritism, all of which count more adherents than Judaism?"
THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENT. MAKES ONE THINK THERE IS MAYBE SOME BIAS.
Posted by: googleer | December 3, 2010 10:10 PM
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Abuse in America attracts an appropriate response. Defending a racist makes you even more the racist than we know you are from your Dalit enslaving, raping, human trafficking, Jew-hating practices already familiar to bloggers.
For the life of me Hindustandic, I can't see why you find urine drinking superior to lighting candles.
How many cups did you have today? Go now, eat a cow, and give our regards to your idols. (Urine drinker.)
Like you, I merely put forth a rational position.
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Heaven knows, when I post on the three hundred million enslaved, tortured, human trafficked raped Dalit, all one hears from the HIndus is abuse.
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 |
The reason, Moron, is that you are a Moron.
If you weren't an illiterate Moron, then you would find that on this site alone, the numbers panelists posting on other faiths is far in excess of the two posting on Judaism.
Oh, and Moron, while you're walking down the street, be sure not to let one of those
non-existent Christmas lights for which nonChristians pay, fall on one of your two butts, the latter replacing what in others is a head. And see if you can find anything for your butt to watch on t.v.
that concerns neither Christianity or Islam.
Dikmother, One think I thank the lord for is that you aren't Jewish. Frankly, our genes aren't programed to produce buttheads.
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2
Are you really a some kind of professor at some university in the US? I really pity your students and more so rest of your family. I hope your husband never crosses you, because he wouldn't live to tell what happened to him after. Lady, I never thought any person who reads a publication like Washington Post would ever be so vile as to use filthy language like you do, to viciously attack fellow commenters.
Posted by: Secular | December 3, 2010 7:20 PM
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R. Hirschfield,
Happy Hanukkah to you and your family! I do hope you will one day devote a column to Star of Redemption. (You mentioned Franz Rosenzweig in your last column.)
Regards,
Farnaz
(Judah Maccabee, in some ways)
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 2, 2010 8:42 PM
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Look at this Rabbi's picture above. I admire his modesty. Pretty funny. Anyone who's ever read torah knows that this guy is selling snake oil. Here's a quote from the Torah:
"Go into the town. Kill all the men, all the women and all the boys. But keep all the young virgins for your pleasure."
Numbers, 17:31
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There are 14 million Jews in the world, roughly the population of Istanbul, Turkey's capital, the world' 5th largest city.
Judaism is the world's 12th religion. How come I never see an article about Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, primal-indigenousbeliefs, African Traditional religions, Sikhism, Juche, or Spiritism, all of which count more adherents than Judaism?
Answer: MEDIA CONTROL
Jewishmother, I wonder how much grief do you get for such radical views as you expressed from your friends and acquaintances? Once I had characterized the mythical person of Avram as pond scum, given his atrocities of pimping his wife, abandoning his child, & eager to slaughter his other child and I was called a anti-semite and ignorant, bigot, etc, etc. Honest debate on the organizing texts of Judaism, & Christianity seem to be off the table. And that's a shame.
I go one further, why are we even subjected to this non-stop indoctrination by all the religions.
Posted by: Secular | December 2, 2010 2:03 PM
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Dikmother's Son,
Abuse in America attracts an appropriate response. Defending a racist makes you even more the racist than we know you are from your Dalit enslaving, raping, human trafficking, Jew-hating practices already familiar to bloggers.
For the life of me Hindustandic, I can't see why you find urine drinking superior to lighting candles.
How many cups did you have today? Go now, eat a cow, and give our regards to your idols. (Urine drinker.)
Like you, I merely put forth a rational position.
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Heaven knows, when I post on the three hundred million enslaved, tortured, human trafficked raped Dalit, all one hears from the HIndus is abuse.
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 2, 2010 8:39 PM
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There are 14 million Jews in the world, roughly the population of Istanbul, Turkey's capital, the world' 5th largest city.
Judaism is the world's 12th religion. How come I never see an article about Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, primal-indigenousbeliefs, African Traditional religions, Sikhism, Juche, or Spiritism, all of which count more adherents than Judaism?
Answer: MEDIA CONTROL
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Moron,
The reason, Moron, is that you are a Moron.
If you weren't an illiterate Moron, then you would find that on this site alone, the numbers panelists posting on other faiths is far in excess of the two posting on Judaism.
Oh, and Moron, while you're walking down the street, be sure not to let one of those
non-existent Christmas lights for which nonChristians pay, fall on one of your two butts, the latter replacing what in others is a head. And see if you can find anything for your butt to watch on t.v.
that concerns neither Christianity or Islam.
Dikmother, One think I thank the lord for is that you aren't Jewish. Frankly, our genes aren't programed to produce buttheads.
Posted by: FarnazMansouri2 | December 2, 2010 8:33 PM
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Look at this Rabbi's picture above. I admire his modesty. Pretty funny. Anyone who's ever read torah knows that this guy is selling snake oil. Here's a quote from the Torah:"Go into the town. Kill all the men, all the women and all the boys. But keep all the young virgins for your pleasure."
Numbers, 17:31
*******************************************There are 14 million Jews in the world, roughly the population of Istanbul, Turkey's capital, the world' 5th largest city.
Judaism is the world's 12th religion. How come I never see an article about Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, primal-indigenousbeliefs, African Traditional religions, Sikhism, Juche, or Spiritism, all of which count more adherents than Judaism?
Answer: MEDIA CONTROL
Jewishmother, I wonder how much grief do you get for such radical views as you expressed from your friends and acquaintances? Once I had characterized the mythical person of Avram as pond scum, given his atrocities of pimping his wife, abandoning his child, & eager to slaughter his other child and I was called a anti-semite and ignorant, bigot, etc, etc. Honest debate on the organizing texts of Judaism, & Christianity seem to be off the table. And that's a shame.
I go one further, why are we even subjected to this non-stop indoctrination by all the religions.
Posted by: Secular | December 2, 2010 2:03 PM
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One must respect other faiths even if you disagree with them....Islam teaches us to respect others religions, practices, holidays and places of worship.
Despite the heated controversial arguments over many issues between the Muslims and the Jews, Muslims have and must always show respect to Jews or people of other faiths.
Christians and Jews are called in the Koran the people of the book, referring to the revaluations of the Bible, the Torah and other books revealed to David , and other prophets and messengers since Adam.
Muslims believe in all the Prophets God has sent to humanity from Adam to Noah, Abraham to Moses to Jesus with one message..to worship God alone, to give in charity, help your neighbors and show respect to all humans..God is the only judge.
Posted by: Kmd1 | December 2, 2010 10:11 AM
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Look at this Rabbi's picture above. I admire his modesty. Pretty funny. Anyone who's ever read torah knows that this guy is selling snake oil. Here's a quote from the Torah:
"Go into the town. Kill all the men, all the women and all the boys. But keep all the young virgins for your pleasure."
Numbers, 17:31
Posted by: jewishmother | December 1, 2010 11:59 PM
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There are 14 million Jews in the world, roughly the population of Istanbul, Turkey's capital, the world' 5th largest city.
Judaism is the world's 12th religion. How come I never see an article about Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, primal-indigenousbeliefs, African Traditional religions, Sikhism, Juche, or Spiritism, all of which count more adherents than Judaism?
Answer: MEDIA CONTROL
Posted by: jewishmother | December 1, 2010 11:46 PM
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