Hanukah – A Time To Act For God

The turning point in the Maccabean revolt against the Greeks was their decision to fight even on Shabbat. Matityahua and his sons saw that it was a time to act for Gd by violating the Torah. What are the roots of such a notion, and how can they inform our relationship to Gd, Torah and Am Yisrael today?

This is Rabbi Mike Feuer’s annual Hanukah class in honor the yartzheit of his father, Charles Feuer. As is his custom he pushed the edge of comfortable thought in the ongoing quest to uncover the hidden light of Hanukah.

Thanks to Sulam Yaakov Sounds where this class first appeared.

Mike Feuer

Rabbi Mike Feuer teaches Striving for the Divine, Rav Kook, and Jewish History at Pardes. He studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar, the Mir Yeshiva, and Sulam Yaakov, where he received rabbinic ordination and later served as Educational Director. Mike’s teaching combines rigorous textual analysis with a deep love of the poetry and spirituality found in Torah.

Since making aliyah in 2001, he has been the program director of a post-high school yeshiva and taught history, Jewish thought, and Bible in several Jerusalem yeshivot and midrashot. Today, as a consultant, spiritual counselor and creator of the Jewish Story podcast, Mike is driven by the power of story to shape our world.

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