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
