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Ḥanukah Sources in Rabbinic Midrash

Shared by Devora Steinmetz on י״ז בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (November 24, 2010)

Dr. Devora Steinmetz shared the following midrashim related to the celebration of Ḥanukah. (Ḥanukah begins every year on the 25th of the month of Kislev in the Jewish calendar.) Dr. Steinmetz’s translation of the source from the Talmud Yerushalmi, and Aharon Varady’s footnotes are shared with a CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license. All other translations are . . . → Read More: Ḥanukah Sources in Rabbinic Midrash

Simḥat Bat (by Dr. Devora Steinmetz and Rabbi David Silber, 1987)

Shared by Devora Steinmetz on כ״ג באב ה׳תש״ע (August 3, 2010)

Many thanks to Dr. Devora Steinmetz and Rabbi David Silber for sharing the Simḥat Bat ceremony they prepared for their oldest daughter in 1987. From the Simhat Bat explanatory notes:

We name our daughters on their fifteenth day of life. This is based on Vayiqra 12:1-5, which describes the length of a woman’s period of . . . → Read More: Simḥat Bat (by Dr. Devora Steinmetz and Rabbi David Silber, 1987)

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