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Welcoming the Dark: Chanukah 5784In a season when the focus is often on bringing in light, what can we learn from looking at darkness? What lessons can we learn from the season of winter and the experience of darkness?
Lindsey Healey-Pollack•266 Views•November 30, 2023•Winter,Chanukkah,Darkness,Hanukah,Light,Adam,Rest
Macho Men & Maccabees: Hanukkah, Rabbis vs. Priests, and maybe even Parashat Vayeshev!How do the Book of Maccabees and the Talmud present the story of Chanukah differently, and what underlies those differences? This sheet explores the ancient rabbinic relationship to the Hasmoneans and priests more generally. What do these texts have to say about different models of masculinity? What can they offer us in constructing our own understandings of gender and masculinity? These questions are informed by Dr. Marjorie Lehman's research on Masechet Yoma, as well as studies of masculinity in rabbinic literature by Daniel Boyarin and Yshai Rosen-Zvi.
There Can Be MiraclesWhat do we experience as miraculous? How can we mark, honor, or remember significant events in our lives?
Publicizing the Miracle: Living a Jewish Life in Dangerous Times Chanukah 5780Lindsey Healey-Pollack•341 Views•December 18, 2019•Danger,Lighting of the Menorah,Chanukah,Chanukah Menorah
