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Chanukah

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are that of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the Union for Traditional Judaism, unless otherwise indicated.

Is Chanukah a Halakhic Problem? VIDEOS

Is Chanukah a Halakhic Problem?

by Rabbi David Novak
December 22, 2025

Categories: Chanukah, Halakhah, Holidays, Torah/Talmud, UTJ Events
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Maccabees and the IDF: A Sacrilegious Comparison

Categories: Articles, Chanukah, Israel, Modern Judaism
ARTICLE (Reprinted from thetorah.com)

Al HaNissim: A Chanukah Prayer Revised to Include 1 Maccabees

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
December 17, 2023

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays, Tefillah
Al HaNissim — Talmudic or Maccabean? with Prof. Rabbi Reuven Kimelman VIDEOS

Al HaNissim — Talmudic or Maccabean? with Prof. Rabbi Reuven Kimelman

by Professor Reuven Kimelman
December 22, 2022

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays, Tefillah, UTJ Events
ARTICLE

(Audio) Hanukkah, with Rabbi Edward M. Gershfield (1966)

by Recommended by UTJ
November 21, 2021

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays
RESPONSA

May An Electric Menorah Be Used To Fulfil One’s Obligation To Light The Chanukkah Menorah?

by Rabbi Shlomo Segal
November 17, 2021

Categories: Chanukah, Halakhah, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Tomeikh KaHalakhah
Is an Electric Menorah Kosher VIDEOS

Is an Electric Menorah Kosher

by Rabbi Shlomo Segal
December 6, 2020

Categories: Chanukah, Halakhah, Halakhah, Holidays, Holidays, Modern Judaism
The Hidden Story of Hanukkah הסיפור הנעלם של חנוכה VIDEOS

The Hidden Story of Hanukkah הסיפור הנעלם של חנוכה

by Rabbi Moshe P. Weisblum
December 29, 2019

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays
A Chanukah Message VIDEOS

A Chanukah Message

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg
December 26, 2019

Categories: Chanukah, Holidays
DIVREI TORAH

Miketz/Chanukah – Defending the Maccabees from a New York Times Opinion Piece

by Rabbi Steven Saks
December 6, 2018

Categories: Chanukah, Denominations, Holidays, Modern Judaism
DIVREI TORAH

Parashat Miketz

by Rabbi Robert Pilavin
May 22, 2017

Categories: Chanukah

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