## Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 1 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/1) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **THE FIRST CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 2 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/2) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** The Greeks supremely valued the aesthetic – physical beauty and strength – rather than moral and spiritual beauty. They did not believe in a single, loving God, but rather in destiny, and they gave the world the concept of tragedy. They believed that it doesn’t matter how hard we strive and work to achieve our own goals; destiny determines our end. Life has no ultimate purpose. The universe neither knows nor cares that we are here. In stark contrast, Judaism believes we are here because God created us in love, and He acts in history for our benefit, and through this love we discover the meaning and purpose of life. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 3 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/3) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** Judaism tells us that the world can and will become better than it is today (and gives us the responsibility of partnering with God in making this a reality). The concept of *tikkun olam* (redeeming or fixing the world) and the anticipation of a Messianic time that has not yet arrived gives humanity hope in the future. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 4 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/4) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** The Ḥanukka lights are the symbol of the survival of the Jewish people and Jewish culture. They represent hope and faith in the future, because even when the situation looked impossibly bleak, the Maccabees refused to give up hope for the future, and fought to triumph over the darkness (and continued to look for the cruses of oil despite the fact that the chances of finding any were very small). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 5 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/5) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **FROM THE THOUGHT OF RABBI SACKS** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 6 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/6) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** While the military victory was also very impressive, the real victory was the spiritual triumph. This spiritual victory that we celebrate, how the Jews refused to give in to the seduction of Greek culture, which was the antithesis of the Torah’s values, has had the longest-lasting impact on Jewish history. They fought to hold on to Torah values, and today, thousands of years later, while the ancient Greeks are long gone, the Jewish people continue to thrive. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 7 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/7) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** Rabbi Sacks speaks of the clash of civilisations found in the Ḥanukka story. This passage demonstrates that the spiritual triumph of the Maccabees was everlasting. The Jewish people and Jewish civilisation have survived through the generations not by building armies, but by caring about the education of each generation. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 8 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/8) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **IT ONCE HAPPENED…** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 9 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/9) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** Aspects of secular culture may have values that are antithetical to Jewish values contained in the Torah. Secular culture may also lead Jews astray from their own culture and the values of their religion. Rav Kook’s response was to show how the good in secular culture can enrich Jewish culture and Jewish thought. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 10 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/10) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **ḤANUKKA QUIZ** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 11 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/11) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 1. Forty-four. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 12 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/12) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 2. “Dedication.” (Bonus answer: “They rested on the twenty-fifth.”) ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 13 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/13) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 3. Hammer. This was the nickname of Yehuda, the leader of the revolt against the Greeks. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 14 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/14) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 4. Antiochus Epiphanes. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 15 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/15) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 5. Yehudit. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 16 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/16) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 6. *Ḥag Urim* (Festival of Lights). ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 17 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/17) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 7. The military miracle, that the small Maccabee forces defeated the mighty Greek army, and the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 18 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Hanukka, The Fourth Night, Educational Companion to the Questions 18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Hanukka,_The%20Fourth%20Night,_Educational%20Companion%20to%20the%20Questions/r/18) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 8. Modi’in.