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...which Hanukkah will be celebrated by Jewish students on campus this year has been promoted as a model for all such observances. Lighting the Hanukkah lights is characterized as a low-key affair, with Jewish students lighting these candles quickly in common rooms, leaving promptly at the conclusion of the ceremony, and generally keeping things quiet and out-of-the-way. I find this vision of holiday observances deficient from both a Jewish perspective as well as from the perspective of a Harvard student at large...
From a Jewish perspective, one of the fundamental tenets of the lighting of the Hanukkah candles is the notion of Pirsum Ha’Nes, Hebrew for “publicizing the miracle”—the miracle of the restoration of the Temple lights that is central to the story of Hanukkah. The notion of furtively lighting one’s Hanukkah candles, crouching low to stay out of view, is a direct violation of the primary spirit of these laws. Lighting Hanukkah candles in common rooms out of concern for fire safety has nothing...
...both among the more benign results of living as a minority. However, after missing seven days of classes during the first three weeks of this semester because of the series of Biblical Jewish holidays, I do not feel welcomed and included when Harvard incorporates the minor holiday of Hanukkah into the Christmas season...
After the memorial service yesterday, friends and family presented and lit a Menorah in memory of Palmer-Sherman to commemorate the first night of Hanukkah...
...especially fitting that we should make a dedication to Shira on Hanukkah,” Schultz said. “She was a light...