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From Burning Candles to ‘Burning’ People

In honor of Hanukkah, Admiel Kosman considers literary and aggadic traditions that depict holy people as burning flames or sources of light. He proposes that these traditions be read in light of Martin Buber’s insight regarding the dialogical personality.

Mikeitz and the Miracles of Hanukkah: A Study of Metaphors and Interpretations

David Schwartz explores thematic similarities between the Hanukkah miracle and Pharaoh’s dreams.

A Year in Review – 2024

  The Lehrhaus Editors Over the course of another tumultuous year, we have once again taken refuge in our Torah. We at The Lehrhaus are proud...

TIMELY THOUGHTS

Mikeitz and the Miracles of Hanukkah: A Study of Metaphors and...

David Schwartz explores thematic similarities between the Hanukkah miracle and Pharaoh’s dreams.
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SCHOLARSHIP

From Burning Candles to ‘Burning’ People

In honor of Hanukkah, Admiel Kosman considers literary and aggadic traditions that depict holy people as burning flames or sources of light. He proposes that these traditions be read in light of Martin Buber’s insight regarding the dialogical personality.

COMMENTARY

Coherence, Contradiction, and the Philosophy of Chabad

Ariel Evan Mayse reviews Yosef Bronstein’s new book on the philosophy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Modern Orthodox Theology in a Post-Soloveitchik World

David Fried reviews a recent book that considers the divergence of Rabbis Yitz Greenberg, David Hartman, and Jonathan Sacks from the teachings of R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

CULTURE

From Burning Candles to ‘Burning’ People

In honor of Hanukkah, Admiel Kosman considers literary and aggadic traditions that depict holy people as burning flames or sources of light. He proposes that these traditions be read in light of Martin Buber’s insight regarding the dialogical personality.