Chanukah: resistance through mutual aid

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We published this article a year ago. Threatened as we are with a new wave of Covid-19 lockdown, it feels as relevant as it did then…

Here Rabbi Brant Rosen argues that “the essence of Hanukkah is the theme of resistance. At its core, the Hanukkah story commemorates the victorious resistance of the people over the power and might of empire.

“On a deeper level, we might say that the festival celebrates the spiritual strength of our resistance to an often harsh and unyielding world.”

Chag sameach!

This article was originally published by Shalom Rav on Thu 10 Dec 2020. Read the original here.