Hanukkah
Hanukkah Without Apology.
Hanukkah is basically the most Zionist holiday we have, and it starts with a story most of us never hear.
The whole video
The Caves, the Revolt, the Oil, and the Lamp
The video goes up the morning of Friday, December 4. The first candle is that evening.
Told by Uri Zehavi. Six minutes.
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Short clips
A Clip for Every Day of Hanukkah
A new one goes up for every night of the holiday, with that night's candles lit.
He Said No: How Hanukkah Starts
The Prayer: There's No Oil in It
The Caves: The Story Most of Us Never Hear
The Jar: Where the Oil Story Comes From
The Lamp: Where Jewish Law Puts It
Nicer Than Christmas: Hanukkah in America
Under Their Own Vines: The Maccabees Ran a Country
Weizmann to Zamir: 77 Years Apart, Same Idea
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Read the Dossier
The video comes from Hanukkah Without Apology, a dossier from the Mitzpe Institute, with the sources and the harder history.
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