The DataBeis with Rabbi Yehoshua Eisenberg
Religion & Spirituality
Real-Talk Torah: "Happy Hanukkah" - The Most Misunderstood Holiday - "Mai Chanukah?" ๐
The most widely known Jewish holiday is wildly misunderstood and it's meaning has been corrupted.
This is best depicted by one of the most ironic memes on the subject which read:
'For those who may not be aware...
ย ย ย ย Hanukkah ISN'T Jewish Xmas, anything about Jesus, all about presents, or upstaging Xmas because it's 8 days.
ย ย ย ย 1) Hanukkah IS celebration of maintaining one's minority identity amidst overwhelming majority
ย ย ย ย ย 2) a celebration of triumph over religious and political tyranny,
ย ย ย ย ย 3) a celebration of a triumph of a tiny band of freedom fighters who won over a huge and highly trained militarily,
ย ย ย ย ย 4) a celebration of passing onto one's children their heritage, identity, and history.'
On this episode of Real-Talk Torah, I explain why this meme is wrong on almost every count and attempt to accurately restore the definition of Chanukah to its former glory, BS'D.
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