The Miracle

Does an event need to be miraculous in order for us to celebrate its occurrence? The first night of Chanukah proves that this is not the case.

Monday I edited a chapter on World War II, Tuesday I was given a collection of essays on 9/11, and Wednesday the subject was Vietnam . . . Then it hit me: the miracle isn’t that they found the flask of oil. It’s that they even searched for it.

Many miracles, great and small, accompanied the liberation of Israel from Hellenic dominance; but there is one particular miracle that is the sum and substance of Chanukah...

Miracles-the word itself is hazy. Just what is a miracle?Is it a world-shocking event? Or the act of human breathing

The 8 days are because it either took 8 days to become pure or to travel to Tekoa to get new oil. But why is the first day celebrated? Here are 13 reasons.

I noticed that we start off by saying, “We kindle these lights to commemorate the salvations [saving acts], miracles and wonders which You have performed for our forefathers,” but then when it come to the ending, we reverse the order and say.

Stereotyping another person is similar to standing on a hillside at night.

There's a leak in the system. Some warriors punched a hole in the box over two thousand years ago, and every year, at this time, it leaks again. We're hoping that this year it won't stop.

I wonder if we’ve become so used to miracles that we almost take them for granted.