Op-Ed: The Significance of Olive Oil During Hanukkah
Op-Ed: The Significance of Olive Oil During Hanukkah ByMarcia G. Why is the miracle of Chanukah about olive oil? Probably everyone who is reading this knows the answer. Chazal (our Sages) explain it in the Gemara (the Talmud) (Shabbat 21b): When the Greeks entered the Sanctuary, they defiled all the oils there. And when the [future] rulers from the family of the Chashmonaim (the Macabees) prevailed and defeated them, they searched and found only one vessel of oil set away with the seal of t...
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