Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:14 p.m. Torah: Gen. 41:1–44:17; Numbers 7:30-41 Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Havdalah: 5:18 p.m. As children, we learn that Chanukah is about the victory of the Judeans over the Greek-Syrians, Jews over Gentiles. We know from the Books of the Maccabees and Josephus, the Second Commonwealth historian, however, that the struggle began […]
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