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Chanukah

Beyond Speech: Making Vessels Is The Main Thing

Making Vessels Is The Main Thing

What connects this week's haftarah to Chanukah?

By Yitzi Hurwitz

Parshah Musings: Fire!

PARSHAH MUSINGS

As anyone who has ever battled a coal barbeque or labored to start a campfire without fire-starters...

By Elisha Greenbaum

Inner Stream: The Silent Flame

The Silent Flame

Ironically, the smaller the splash, the higher the rating that the diver receives

By Lazer Gurkow

Comment: A Long Pole

By law, the menorah stood in a chamber into which only kohanim (priests) were permitted entry. But...

By Yanki Tauber

Life's Passages: How to Light up Another…

LIFE'S PASSAGES

How to Light up Another…

By Chana Weisberg

Guest Columnists: Achieving Your Best

GUEST COLUMNISTS

Achieving Your Best

Why should the first oil of the third pressing have priority for the kindling of the menorah over...

By Moshe Bogomilsky

Texts and Summaries

Text of Chanukah Torah Readings

Chanukah Torah Readings in a Nutshell

Shabbat Chanukah Haftorah in a Nutshell

Second Shabbat of Chanukah Haftarah Companion

Chanukah Parshah Summary

Chanukah Parshah Commentary

From the Chassidic Masters

Rush and Return

Spiritual Space

Parshah Columnists

Parshah Columnists

Guest Columnists

Weekly Sermonette

A Thought for the Week

The Freeman Files

Life's Passages

For Friday Night

Readings for Chanukah

First Day

Kislev 25, 5787

December 5, 2026

First Torah:

Vayeishev: Genesis 37:1 - 40:23

Second Torah:

Chanukah 1: Numbers 7:1-17

Haftarah:

Zachariah 2:14 - 4:7

Second Day

Kislev 26, 5787

December 6, 2026

Chanukah 2: Numbers 7:18-29

Third Day

Kislev 27, 5787

December 7, 2026

Chanukah 3: Numbers 7:24-35

Fourth Day

Kislev 28, 5787

December 8, 2026

Chanukah 4: Numbers 7:30-41

Fifth Day

Kislev 29, 5787

December 9, 2026

Chanukah 5: Numbers 7:36-47

Sixth Day

Kislev 30, 5787

December 10, 2026

First Torah:

Chanukah 6 - Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 28:1-15

Second Torah:

Chanukah 6 - Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 7:42-47

Seventh Day

Tevet 1, 5787

December 11, 2026

First Torah:

Chanukah 7 - Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 28:1-15

Second Torah:

Chanukah 7 - Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 7:48-53

Eighth Day

Tevet 2, 5787

December 12, 2026

First Torah:

Mikeitz: Genesis 41:1 - 44:17

Second Torah:

Chanukah 8: Numbers 7:54 - 8:4

Haftarah:

Kings I 7:40-50

Torah Portion: Chanukah

Chanukah Torah Readings in a Nutshell

On Chanukah we celebrate the re-dedication of the Temple by the victorious Maccabee forces, a Temple that had been defiled by the Greeks. In fact the Hebrew word "Chanukah" means dedication.

In a similar vein, the Chanukah Torah reading discusses the dedication of the desert Tabernacle.

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