Ask the rabbi. GAMBLING PROCEEDS FOR EDUCATION Q. If an organisation makes money from gambling facilities, is it halachically permitted to use some of the proceeds to fund Jewish education? A. The first question is whether people should be gambling at all. Jewish teaching distinguishes between professional or compulsive gambling, occasional gambling and gambling for…
This column was originally published by the Watertown Daily Times on Dec. 22, 2016. Hanukkah 2020 began Thursday evening and will last until Friday evening:
WATERTOWN â Despite its foreign origins and relatively modest observance in this country, Hanukkah is one of the most distinctly American holidays we have.
Itâs an eight-day celebration through which Jewish people commemorate the rededication of their Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Hanukkah also is called the Festival of Lights based on the story of how a one-day supply of oil miraculously kept the Temple menorah lit for eight days.
âIn the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs instead of mitzvah observance and belief in Gâd,â according to the website for [Tigard Chabad]. âAgainst all odds, a small band of faithful Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, defeated one of the mightiest armies on E