“הרחמן הוא יקים לנו את סוכת דוד הנופלת – May the All-Merciful One reestablish the fallen sukkah of [King] David.” Birkat Hamazon
Dr.
Malka Z. Simkovich
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The Significance of the Rabbinic Choice of Haftarah for Shabbat Chanukah
Prof.
Eric M. Meyers
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Why the rabbis came to imagine Ahasuerus as a usurper who halted the rebuilding of the Temple and his wife Vashti as a wicked and grotesque Babylonian princess, who lived as a libertine and persecuted Jews.
Dr.
Malka Z. Simkovich
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Dr. Rabbi
Zev Farber
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Rabbi
David D. Steinberg
An overview of Persian history starting from Cyrus the Great’s conquest of Media (549 B.C.E.) until Alexander the Great’s conquest of Persia (334-329 B.C.E.), including related biblical references and Jewish texts.
Dr. Rabbi
Zev Farber
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Biblical concepts about the Second Temple, its purification, and dedication strongly inform the development of Chanukah’s earliest customs and symbols.
Dr.
Yael Avrahami
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