Rabbanit Jacob starts with the observation that women are obligated to perform time-bound mitzvoth in 3 holiday mitzvoth – lighting the Chanukah candles, the Arbah Kossot on Pesach, and the Mikrah Megillah on Purim. She ties the lighting of the Chanukah lights to the narrative of Chanukah, who was slaughtered with her children by the Greeks. Yet, by rejecting the Greek way of life, she led her sons to ultimately defeat the enemy by teaching the centrality of Torah. Read the article