Chanuka Teaching by Rabbi Effie Kleinberg
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ByRachel Buckman

We are returning to Kensington Retirement Home on Dec. 19 to bring Chanuka Holiday Spirit to the residents.

Instructions:

  1. You are to prepare a source sheet with a partner using www.sefaria.org
  2. You must have sources on your source sheet from the sources below:
    1. At least 2-3 Laws from the Rambam’s Laws of Chanuka
    2. At least one part of either the Gemara or the Al Hanissim
    3. At least 1 paragraph from one of the articles on Chanuka
  3. This assignment will be graded in 3 stages:
    1. Tues. Nov. 29- Study and ‘pick’ 3 sources- and ask questions on each one (10 points)
    2. Tues. Dec. 6- Prepare and complete source sheet (10 points)
    3. Tues. Dec. 13- Deliver class presentation on source sheet (10 points)
  4. You will work with a partner for this source sheet, BUT you will receive an individual grade based on the work that you do in class.

Here are a list of sources:

  1. Laws of Chanuka:

Rambam Laws of Chanuka Ch. 3

Rambam Laws of Chanuka Ch. 4

b) History of Chanuka:

Masechet Shabbat 21b

Al Hanissim- Sources 7-8

c) Meaning of Chanuka in 2016:

http://www.rabbisacks.org/8-thoughts-8-nights/

http://www.rabbisacks.org/credo-something-in-the-human-spirit-survives-even-the-worst-of-tragedies/

Other Chanuka Article from the internet (with my approval)