Rabbi Yosef Caro, the 16th-century sage, asks a fascinating question regarding Hanukkah: Why is it that we celebrate eight days in honor of the miracle of the oil? According to the story, we know that all of the oil in the Temple was either destroyed or made impure and unusable; we know that when the Hasmoneans […]
Rabbi Tsipi Gabai
Rabbi Tsipi Gabai was the head of Judaic Studies and rabbi-in-residence at Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito, where she taught for 30 years.