EPISODE · Dec 11, 2025
More than the Oil
from Weekly Torah Commentaries · host Russ Resnik
Chanukah is usually told as the story of a jar of oil. Yet the oil miracle, beautiful as it is, appears only in the Talmud—recorded centuries after the Maccabean revolt. If we look more closely at the earliest sources, something surprising emerges. Chanukah was once focused not on the menorah, but on the altar.
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