Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein: Finding light in times of challenge
By Rabbi Alisa Zilbershtein (Edmonton) – As the winter nights grow longer and darkness settles early around us, we prepare to kindle the lights of…
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Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Hadlakah, Hanakha & Chinuch: a lexicon of lessons for Hanukkah
By Rabbi Leonard Cohen (Calgary) – One Talmudic debate regarding Hanukkah is whether “Hadlakah osah mitzvah, o hanakhah osah mitzvah?” (Shabbat 22b). What constitutes the…
December 29: Lighting the Giant Chanukkiah at the Alberta Legislature
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – What Edmonton Chanukah celebration would be complete without the annual lighting of Alberta’s tallest Chanukkiah by Chabad Lubavitcher Rabbi, Ari…
Edmonton Talmud Torah: The light of Hanukkah and the illumination of Jewish learning
By: Natalie Soroka (Edmonton) – Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a celebration of resilience, miracles, and the enduring power of faith. At its heart…
Edmonton Challah Bake: It was about bread & community and much more
By Regan Lipes (AJNews) – This year’s community-wide Challah Bake at Beth Israel Synagogue was a roaring success! As part of the annual Shabbat Project,…