Introduction to Kabbalistic Thought on Chanukah

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Curious about Kabbalistic thought? Explore some themes of Chanukah through the lens of some classic mystical texts, selected, explained, and translated by Rabbi Ami Silver.

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Chanukah: The Holiday of Unwritten Miracles based on the writing of Rabbi Ami Silver

Sefaria Education•614 Views•December 11, 2020•Miracle,Hanukkah,Hasidus,Canon,Rav Tzadok,Miracles,Chasidut,Resisei Laila,Rav Tzadok HaCohen of Lublin,Oral,Hanukah,Resisei Layla,Hidden Miracle,Kabbalah,Chanukah

Celebrating Chanukah: The Hidden Light, Revealed based on the writing of Rabbi Ami Silver

Kabbalistic and Chassidic writings identify Chanukah as a time in which this Hidden Light takes center stage. We are given special access to the Hidden Light. Rav Tzvi Elimelech Spiro ("Bnei Yissaschar") makes the connection between the Hidden Light and the Chanukah menorah.

Sefaria Education•850 Views•December 1, 2020•Creation,Hanukkah,Kabbalah,Bnei Ysoscher,Bnei Yisoscher,Candles,Light,Chasidut,Chanukah,Hanukah,Hasidus,36,Hidden Light,Thirty-Six,Bnei Yisoschar,Miracles

The Light of Unity: A Chanukah Meditation Based on the writing of Rabbi Ami Silver

In a fractured and polarized world, many of us find ourselves seeking hope and unity within the brokenness. The Zohar - the core medieval text in the mystical thought of Kabbalah - offers a meditation on the light of a candle as a vision of Divine unity.

Sefaria Education•872 Views•November 30, 2020•Zohar,Hanukkah,Meditation,Light,Candle,Chanukah,Flame,Fluidity,Hanukah,Interdependence,Chasidut,Kabbalah,Hasidus

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