As Chanukah ends off with Zot Chanukah, Maharat Miriam Gonczarska reflects upon the lessons we take with us, as is hidden in the gematria behind the word “zot”.

Sofia Freudenstein examines how Chanukah, a Rabbinic holiday, melds the metaphors used for the two types of holidays delineated by Rav Melamed.

The image of light in darkness is often associated with the flames rather than the menorah itself. Rabba Sara Hurwitz examines the wooden menorah itself, covered in metal after metal to strengthen and beautify it.

The root of “ptr” appears in both the laws of kashrut and interpretation of dreams. Sarah Pincus considers what it might mean to resolve the difficulty of dreams in the same way one resolves laws of complicated mixtures of food.

As Britney Griner is released from prison on the same week that we read the story of Yosef’s freedom, Rabba Sara Hurwitz advocates for change and recognition of psychological trauma.

The obligation to publicize the miracle when people leave the workplace can seem odd. Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer explores the chassidic explanations about how we can bring kedushah into our daily life.

The apparent contradiction between finding no oil and finding a jug can be resolved with an insight from the Sefat Emet. Rabbanit Tali Schaum Broder cites this idea when she discusses the divine spark in each of us.

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In light of the holiday season, Yali Szulanski offers a prayer for peaceful coexistence in Jerusalem, as well as the world at large.

The Talmudic story of Alexander the Great and Shimon HaTzadik is the moment in which Judaism changed forever. Rabbi Jeffrey Fox reflects on what Judaism gained from surrounding culture.