Hanukkah Day 3 - Eviscerating Guilt by Responding with Action
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen
The rabbis of the Talmud were concerned that the miracle of Hanukkah be publicized, so the tradition grew up to put thehanukkiah (Hanukkah candelabrum) in the window, for all to see. But the family is also to gather together, each one lighting his or her ownhanukkiah, in order to publicize the miracle inward, to the family.
The miracle of Hanukkah is two-fold, the victory of a small army fighting against a large army, and the burning of a small cruse of ...
