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Jofa Hanukkah Articles 

The Prohibition of Working While the Candles Burn

By Bruria Spraragen 

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New Candles, New Torah 

The Light of Hanukkah

By Miriam Gedwiser

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Hanukkah for Grown Ups 

By Rabbi Marianne Novak 

 

Hanukkah: A Lesson in Fixed Spontaneity 

By Rabba Dina Brawer

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The Book of Judith and

the History of Hanukkah 

By Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

The Beauty of Hiddur Mitzvah 

By Rosh Kehilah Dina Najman

Creating Light Each Day

By Gila Sacks

In Those Days and in Ours: The Eight Days of Hanukkah with Hava Shapiro 

By Dr. Wendy Zierler

Hanukkah Candles in a New Light

By Rachel Kohl Feingold

Hanukkah: Restoration with Innovation 

By Miriam Udel

Dreaming in the Dark: Miketz and the Menorah

By Erin Leib Smokler

A Time to Rise in Holiness
By Noa Jesselsohn

A Great Miracle Happened (T)here

By Dr. Shani Berrin Tzoref

What is Hanukkah? 

By Lisa Schlaff

On Women’s Obligation to Light Hanukkah Candles

By Rachel Dulitz

Hanukah: The People’s Holiday 

By Channa Lockshin Bob

Confronting the Darker Side of Hanukkah

by Ginna Green

Shining Outward: The Lights of Hanukah 
By Julie Lieber

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