We are told that Isaac loved Esau, but we don’t know why. Didn’t Isaac see that Esau was a man of the outdoors, rather than a contemplative man of God? Surely, he must have known that Esau was a mercurial personality, marrying two Hittite women.
Rabbi Kipnes and Cantor Cotler apply Pardes—The Orchard of Torah Study—to Chanukah. They start with the Book of Maccabbees, which stated that the days of purification and triumph were like the days of Sukkot, establishing the annual celebration.
Rabbi Cantor Mariana Gindlin recorded this Chanukah message & song.
Hazzanim Amy Katz and Elisa Walzman sing Samachti B’Omrim Li, composed by Charles Osborn, on a text from Psalm 122.
Cantors Bryce Megdal and Alyssa Rosenbaum sing Cantor Rosenbaum’s original Bossa Nova take on Shalom Aleichem.