10@9 Yehudit Returns This Chanukah - December 10, 20223

This morning we discuss the special connection women have to Chanukah, over men, and the custom of eating cheese that comes from this unique role women performed during the war against the Assyrian Greeks. We connect this to the horrific, depraved, and barbaric acts committed by Hamas against women on October 6 and since. We trace the burden of Israel's war on Israeli women - mothers and wives. And we examine a new phenomenon - the outsized role IDF heroes who happen to be women have taken and are taking in defending and protecting Israel from its enemies. Chanukah 5784 will always be known as the time when the legacy of Yehudit returned! Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship. Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FLcsC6xz5TmkirT1qObkA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adathmichael/ Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mining-the-riches-of-the-parsha/id1479615142?fbclid=IwAR1c6YygRR6pvAKFvEmMGCcs0Y6hpmK8tXzPinbum8drqw2zLIo7c9SR-jc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hWYhCG5GR8zygw4ZNsSmO Please contact Rabbi Whitman (rabbi@adath.ca) with any questions or feedback, or to receive a daily email, "Study with Rabbi Whitman Today," with current and past insights for that day, video, and audio, all in one short email sent directly to your inbox.