by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Dec 21, 2011 | Judaism
Some other synonyms for light are bright or brilliant. We often become so caught up in gift buying and the children’s version of the Chanukah story, that we forget what the real history of this holiday is. As I mentioned in last year’s Chanukah post, “The story of...
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Dec 20, 2011 | Judaism
Last week, a group from our Women’s Club gathered to celebrate Chanukah (a little early). As part of my teaching, I prepared eight meditations on the theme of light. I looked up the word in a thesaurus and discovered that the many synonyms for this word made...
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Dec 2, 2010 | Judaism
Happy Chanukah! I wanted to take this occasion to share some facts and guidelines about celebrating Chanukah. Here’s 8 facts – one for each of those 8 CRAZY nights! 1. You place the candles in the menorah from right to left. 2. You...