{"id":392,"date":"2013-11-22T16:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/?p=392"},"modified":"2013-11-22T16:30:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:30:45","slug":"chanukkah-5774","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/22\/chanukkah-5774\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanukkah 5774"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shalom<\/em>!
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In this past week’s Torah portion, we learn how the name\u00a0Yehudah<\/em>, the origin of the word\u00a0Yehudi<\/em>\u00a0or Jew, emanated:<\/div>\n
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\u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05df, \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd\u00a0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05d4<\/span>\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4–\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9,\u00a0\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4<\/span>; \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05d3, \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05ea.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n35<\/b>\u00a0And [Leah<\/em>] conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: ‘This time\u00a0will I give thanks to\u00a0<\/span>Hashem<\/em>.’ Therefore she called his name\u00a0Yehudah<\/em>;<\/span>\u00a0and she left off bearing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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To be a Jew means to “give thanks.”<\/div>\n
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Accordingly, it seems appropriate to disseminate early\u00a0this month in which\u00a0Hanukah<\/em>\u00a0falls on the 25th day [Wednesday, November 27th<\/span><\/strong>], our book,\u00a0Sefer Shemonat Yemei Hoda’ah<\/em>–Eight Days of Thanksgiving, given that the American holiday<\/a> falls on the following Thursday.<\/div>\n
\nTwo versions are available, PDF<\/a> and MS Word<\/a>, plus a listing of the thanks <\/a>an observant Jew gives daily to\u00a0Hashem<\/em>, as found in the prayerbook.<\/div>\n
\nThe PDF version is best viewed at 75%\u00a0[scroll down at the top of the PDF<\/strong><\/span>].<\/div>\n
\nThe book is also best learned on-line, because many of the footnote citations have cross-references to some interesting Internet facts and teachings which support the lessons contained therein.<\/div>\n
\nThis, our sixth book on\u00a0Hanukah<\/em>, deserves an early read to open oneself to the practice of giving thanks, one which is\u00a0not\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>isolated to just Thanksgiving Day.<\/div>\n
\nAnd as always, your comments are truly appreciated. \u00a0 Please distribute to all of your friends, students, teachers, list serves, bloggers, etc.<\/div>\n
\nBlessings for a meaningful Eight Days of Thanksgiving,<\/div>\n
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Rahmiel Hayyim<\/em>\u00a0Drizin<\/div>\n
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Kislev 5774<\/div>\n

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\"Enhanced<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shalom! In this past week’s Torah portion, we learn how the name\u00a0Yehudah, the origin of the word\u00a0Yehudi\u00a0or Jew, emanated: \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05df, \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05dd\u00a0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05d4\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4–\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9,\u00a0\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4; \u05d5\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05d3, \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d3\u05b6\u05ea. 35\u00a0And [Leah] conceived again, and bore a son; and she said: ‘This time\u00a0will I give thanks to\u00a0Hashem.’ Therefore she called his name\u00a0Yehudah;\u00a0and she left off bearing To be a Jew means…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,61],"tags":[173,174,172],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395,"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ish-tam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}