Jewish Holidays

Why is there no mitzva to feast on Chanuka?

The miraculous Jewish history of past and present harmonizes with the prophecy of an even greater future.

Rav Kook explains the similarity and difference between the similar words for education and Chanuka

Only zionism who's nationalism is based upon the Jewish Nation's universal role of bringing peace to all nations reveals the eternal G-dliness in nationalism.

The maturing world will prefer universalism, rather than bigoted nationalism, and we will have to explain our supporting intermarriage for all but the Jews.

Jewish Family Purity and Nationalism, and why the World To Come Isn't mentioned so much in the Tanach.

The difference between the candles of Chanukah and those of Shabbat is like the difficult occurrences which we don't request yet are necessary, compared with the first-rate spirituality.