What Does Chanukah Actually Mean? Hannukah, Chanukah, Janucá - The Festival of Lights starts with so many ways to spell it, but what does it even mean? On a basic level, the word chanukah means “inauguration.” Indeed, Chanukah celebrates the inauguration of a newly built altar in the Temple in Jerusalem. After the Maccabees defeated the Greek interlopers and drove them from Judea, they found that much of the Temple, including the altar, had been defiled and used for idolatry. The Maccabees buried the stones of the altar and built a new one. Thus, Chanukah celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple and the altar. We find divergent traditions in the Talmud regarding how many candles to light each night of Chanukah. According to Beit Shammai ( the school of thought of Judaism founded by Shammai, a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, BCE.), we start the first night with eight candles and decrease by one candle each night thereafter. According to Beit Hillel (a school of Jewish law and thought founded by the famed Hillel the Elder which thrived in 1st century B.C. Jerusalem. Although the schools fought bitterly over matters of Jewish law, they got along well), we start the first night with one candle, and each night we add a candle. The accepted halachah ( the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the Written and Oral Torah) follows the teachings of Beit Hillel . Excerpts from “What Does Chanukah Actually Mean?” By Yehuda Shurpin.
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A Kidmin Christmas Carol - this is PART TWO of a three-part series. What if you were visited by three ghosts, the Ghost of Kidmin Past, Present and Future? What would they show you? What would you learn? How would you change?
In this episode you'll be visited by The Ghost of Kidmin Present. How can you embrace where God has you NOW so that you don't miss out on what He is doing?
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Join Dr. Jim Logan as he shares the importance of living our life with contentment. That is a word that is not often used in our society today. How can you choose to live this holiday season with contentment?
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Jay Smith - 'Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) about Jesus which Muslims challenge us with and how we answer them in small 5-10-minute soundbites. Jay Smith employed the '3 C's' (Quick, Concise, yet Comprehensive) to answer this FAQ.
In a sequel to the video released a while ago about the coming Riots and Clashes to Nigeria and what we must do to stop it, the man of God Dr. Isaiah Wealth brings the counsel of God to the Nigerian Government on what to do to quench the uprising in the nation.
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We welcome back Darren Farmer, Founder of Deeper Worship Center, who talks about his newest book, "The Echo in the Dark: How to Hear God in Times of Silence."
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