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Friday, December 8, 2023

Today: A deep dive into Al Hanisim. • Can you blow out Hanukkah candles? • A cheesy vegetable latke recipe for Hanukkah.

HANUKKAH

Remembering Our Partnership in God's Miracles

Al Hanisim is a prayer recited on Hanukkah that expresses gratitude for the miracles performed for our ancestors. It can also serve us spiritually as a reminder of our role in creating space for miracles in our own day.

TODAY'S QUESTION

Is It OK to Blow Out Hanukkah Candles?

TODAY'S JEWISH RECIPE

Zucchini, Carrot and Feta Latkes for Hanukkah

UPCOMING EVENT

Judeo-Baghdadi Arabic as a Jewish Language

Tuesday, Dec. 12th at 12 pm ET

Join My Jewish Learning and Dr. Assaf Bar-Moshe to learn about the origins and development of Judeo-Arabic through the lens of the Jewish Arabic dialect of Baghdad.

TODAY'S IMPORTANT JEWISH READS 

A Jewish Dad Says He's Afraid To Light a Menorah This Hanukkah. So He's Asking Non-Jews To Display Them in Solidarity.

This Hanukkah Episode of NPR's Tiny Desk Is Full of Jewish Joy

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THIS WEEK'S TORAH PORTION

Parashat Vayeshev

In this Torah portion, Jacob favors Joseph, and this angers Joseph's brothers. Joseph has dreams in which he predicts reigning over his brothers, provoking them further. They decide to sell Joseph into slavery in Egypt. Tamar disguises herself as a prostitute and sleeps with her father-in-law, Judah. In Egypt, the wife of Joseph's owner tries to seduce Joseph, and when he rejects her, she accuses him of trying to rape her and has him sent to prison. In prison, Pharaoh's baker and butler have dreams, and Joseph interprets them correctly.

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