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Explore Sarah Yehudit’s teachings on Torah, Kabbalah,
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On Chanukka Everyone’s a High Priest
A Chanukka Teaching 2011Based on R. Tsadok Hakohen, Pri Tsadik – Chanukka #1Sarah Yehudit Schneider A favorite job of the kohanim (Temple priests) was to daily light the menorah in the inner courtyard. And the midrash reports that HaShem promised Aharon that even if the Temple were destroyed and all the other offerings ceased, the mitzvah of kindling the menorah would endure for all time. [BR 15:6] This obviously presaged the festival of Chanukka, for since the time of the Ma
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Chanukka: Harbinger of Messianic Gender Shifts to Come
Inspired by R. Rafael Moshe Luria [1a]Chanukka 5780 / 2019 Sarah Yehudit Schneider “All our holy days will be nullified in messianic times, except for Chanukka and Purim.”[Ateret Zekaynim on Shulchan Aruch, siman 675, citing Maharshal][1] What an odd assertion, since Chanukka and Purim are only of rabbinic origin, whereas Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot etc. are instituted by the Torah itself, which (being of Divine origin) is the ultimate authority. And what does it mean that they
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