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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly  Hanukkah Lamps

For centuries the Jewish festival of lights has dispelled the winter darkness. Details

 

Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Episode: Hanukkah Lamps

“The rabbis going back to Maimonides and earlier felt that the lights of the Hanukkah lamp were sacred,” according to Susan Braunstein, curator at the Jewish Museum in New York City, and if you couldn’t afford a gold or silver lamp “you could use an egg shell, or a nut shell, or a potato carved out.”

Duration: (3:33)
Premiere Date: 12/07/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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