Victory of Light - Mitzvat Ner Chanukah 5738 (Chasidic Heritage Series)
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Book
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ISBN 10
082660742X
ISBN 13
9780826607423
Category
Hassidut
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
86
Description
An exposition on the deeper significance of Chanukah, viewed through the lens of Chabad-Chasidism.Here, the Rebbe explains that the war of the Greeks was a spiritual one, aimed at eradicating the notion that Torah and mitzvot are holy, G-d given and Divine. The hellenistic Greeks wished to secularize Judaism, to turn it from a supra-rational "faith" into a very rational system of philosophy and moral conduct. And in this sense the Greek Empire is very much alive: there still exist forces- from both without and within -that wish us to forget that Judaism is G-dly.The victory of the Jews over the Greeks represents the vistory of the supra-rational over the rational, the G-dly over the secular. We therfore immortalize Chanukah by lighting fiery lamps against the darkness of night, to celebrate the Victory of Light. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession‎ No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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The Cambridge Lehrhaus | 192 | 9 SCH | 1 | Yes |