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Oil
Fueling the Light
New Orleans has long been dry from Hurricane Katrina, yet Prince William Sound is still feeling the effect of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill . . .
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“Ritually pure”—what, exactly, is that? What properties does a ritually pure sample of olive oil have that the others don’t?
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An inside-out festival
When oil comes in contact with something, it saturates it to the core. When set aglow, oil is the master of understatement
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Imagine the invading Greek army entering the Holy Temple where gold, silver and precious stones were everywhere to be found, and searching for the... oil!
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I'm the only Jew in my class and struggling with the balance of retaining my Jewish identity while having proper interaction with my peers...
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What prompted the priests to burst forth from the Temple gates and lock horns with legions of seasoned soldiers? And why their obsession with spirituality when battling the mightiest legions of the ancients?
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Chanukah
The soul, and its innate bond
with G‑d, is the only force powerful enough to extricate a Jew from the
spiritual morass of Hellenistic Greece.
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What does Joseph
have to do with Chanukah? What lesson can we take from Joseph and Chanukah to
help us deal with difficult times?
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