Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: Inspired by Faith, We Can Change the World

Rabbi cites the Prophet Zechariah: ‘“Not by might nor by strength, but by My Spirit” says the Lord,’ in describing the remarkable achievement of the Maccabees.

Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow: Hanukkah and the Winter Solstice

It is possible that the Syrian Greeks chose the latter part of Kislev, the 25th of Kislev, in fact, to desecrate the Temple by making their own sacrifices because it was the time of the winter solstice and the waning of the moon.

Rabbi Adam Ruditsky Parashah Vayishlach

When we do yeshivah on Yom Kippur, there is a duality: the relationship between a person and God, and the relationship between two individuals. Jacob has struggled in the past with his connection to God. Now he struggles with the connection to his brother.