Lighting Up the Dark Days

| Hanukkah By :  Julia Andelman Alumni (RS) Posted On Dec 11, 2017 / 5778 | Sound Bytes | Holidays

Featuring Rabbi Julia Andelman and Jessica Fisher (RS ’20)
Hanukkah images are by Wilhelm Thielmann (1868โ€“1924) and Alphonse Lรฉvy (1843-1918) and taken from the 91ถถา๕ Library’s collections

BT Avodah Zarah 8a

When the first human being saw that the days were getting shorter and shorter, he said: Oy! Woe is me; maybe because I have sinned the world is getting dark and is going to return to chaos! โ€ฆ He got up and spent eight days in fasting and prayer.

When he saw that the winter solstice had arrived, and that the days were getting longer again, he said: this is just the order of the world. He went and celebrated a holiday for eight days.

 

 

ืช”ืจ ืœืคื™ ืฉืจืื” ืื“ื ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ ื™ื•ื ืฉืžืชืžืขื˜ ื•ื”ื•ืœืš ืืžืจ ืื•ื™ ืœื™ ืฉืžื ื‘ืฉื‘ื™ืœ ืฉืกืจื—ืชื™ ืขื•ืœื ื—ืฉื•ืš ื‘ืขื“ื™ ื•ื—ื•ื–ืจ ืœืชื•ื”ื• ื•ื‘ื•ื”ื• … ืขืžื“ ื•ื™ืฉื‘ ื—’ ื™ืžื™ื ื‘ืชืขื ื™ืช [ื•ื‘ืชืคืœื”]

ื›ื™ื•ืŸ ืฉืจืื” ืชืงื•ืคืช ื˜ื‘ืช ื•ืจืื” ื™ื•ื ืฉืžืืจื™ืš ื•ื”ื•ืœืš ืืžืจ ืžื ื”ื’ื• ืฉืœ ืขื•ืœื ื”ื•ื ื”ืœืš ื•ืขืฉื” ืฉืžื•ื ื” ื™ืžื™ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื™ื