A hidden lesson of the Hanukkah story

This is the dual lesson of Hanukkah and of Joseph and his brothers: disunity leads to defeat and exile; unity leads to redemption.

REEDS GROW in a Scottish salt marsh: ‘If a person takes a bundle of reeds – can he break them at the same time? But if he takes one at a time, even a child can break them’

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

ByDAVID GOLINKIN

NOVEMBER 29, 2018 18:18

Updated: DECEMBER 1, 2018 08:41

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