More than the Oil

An episode of the Weekly Torah Commentaries podcast, hosted by Russ Resnik, titled "More than the Oil " was published on December 11, 2025.

December 11, 2025 · Weekly Torah Commentaries

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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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