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 Rabbi Menachem Posner serves as managing editor at Chabad.org, the world’s largest Jewish informational website. He has been writing, researching, and editing for Chabad.org since 2006, when he received his rabbinic degree from Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.
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1. We Light Twice on Sunday The first and last nights of Chanukah are always on the same day of the week. This year, that lucky day will be Sunday, meaning we have two Sundays on which to hold Chanukah parties, public menorah lightings, and even car parad...
What do you know about our unique Hanukkah Customs?
Gala banquet of 42nd Int. Conf of Chabad Emissaries took place on Sunday
EDISON, N.J.—The cavernous exhibit space-turned-banquet hall pulsed with energy. It was not the self-satisfied joy of accomplishment that filled the room but excitement for the future—the knowledge that however much has already been done, there is so much...
Do you know your Hanukkah facts?
Do you know which blessing is made over wine?
Gin is an alcoholic beverage made from a variety of grains or fruit and flavored with juniper berries and other spices. Is it kosher for Passover? That depends on how it is made. Grain-based gin is 100% not kosher for Passover, since any time grains (whea...
Vodka is an alcoholic beverage that can be distilled from a wide range of things: wheat, corn, potatoes, or even apples. Is it kosher for Passover? It depends how it is made. If it is made from grain, it is 100% not kosher for Passover, since any time gra...
Tequila is made by fermenting and distilling the blue agave plant. On Passover, we avoid chametz, which is produced any time grains (wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats) ferment (see What Is Chametz?). Since agave is not a grain, it is theoretically very p...
Rum is made from sugar cane. On Passover, we avoid chametz, which is produced any time grains (wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats) ferment (see What Is Chametz?). Since sugar cane is not a grain, it is theoretically very possible to make kosher-for-Passov...
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