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What is the reason that on the 15th of Shevat, which is Rosh Hashanah [beginning of the year] for the trees, we eat fruits? Baal

Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi said, “Why are Israel compared to an olive tree? To tell you that as the leaves

February 7, 1955 Rosh Hashanah [New Year’s Eve] for the trees. Man is called “the tree of the field,” and Rosh Hashanah is the time

What is Hanukkah? This means that we must ask like the four questions: wise, wicked, innocent, and one who does

Hanukkah, December 1954 NeR [candle], an acronym for Nefesh Ruach. We must extend light, which is the quality of Neshama, as in “A candle

Hanukkah, December 1965 Our sages said (Shabbat [Sabbath] 21a): “What is Hanukkah? Our sages said, ‘On the twenty-fifth of Kislev, the

Hanukkah, Kislev, December 1960 Our sages said, “What is Hanukkah? Our sages said, ‘On the twenty-fifth of Kislev, the days of Hanukkah,’”

Hanukkah, 25 Kislev, December 13, 1971 “Repel Admon in the shadow of Tzalmon.” This means repelling Esau, who is Admoni [red haired]. “In

A Hanukkah candle, its measure is “until all feet have vanished from the market.” Regel [foot/leg] comes from the word Meragel [spy]. “Market”