Tag: Chanuka
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In Parshat Miketz, Yosef tests his brothers one final time. He sends them home with food and secretly places his silver goblet in Binyamin’s bag. When the goblet is discovered, everything collapses. From Yehuda’s perspective, this is the end. Binyamin is about to be taken, his promise to Yaakov is broken, and there is no…
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What I Found When I Opened a Letter I Wrote to Hashem Last Year On the first night of Chanuka this year, I opened a sealed envelope that had been sitting in my living room for a full year. I wrote it on the last night of Chanuka last year. I honestly didn’t remember what…
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Chanuka always seems to fly by, doesn’t it? One moment, we’re excitedly setting up our menorahs and spinning dreidels, and the next, we’re lighting the last candle and realizing it’s all coming to an end. It was fun while it lasted—the lights, the songs, the donuts—but there’s so much more to Chanuka than the celebration…
