A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed

Ahead of this year’s celebration of Hanukkah, here are eight important facts about the holiday: 1. Hanukkah is the only Jewish holiday that commemorates an ancient national liberation struggle in the Land of Israel, unlike Passover, Sukkot/Tabernacles, and Shavuot/Pentecost, which commemorate the liberation from slavery in Egypt to independence in the land of Israel, and … Read more