Rabbi Nisan Andrews: In the least expected places
By Rabbi Nisan Andrews Recently, I reflected on how Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, takes place during a time of year when darkness predominates the…
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JFSC Community Chaplain Lesley Machon: Mending Without Measuring
By: Lesley Machon, JFSC Community Chaplain (Calgary) – This season is not just about the lights or the feasts, but about the sacred moments that…
Rabbi Russell Jayne: Illuminating a path forward
by Rabbi Russell Jayne (Calgary) – Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev, in the heart of winter’s long night. It is a season…
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…
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…