{"product_id":"victory-of-light-the-chasidic-heritage-series","title":"Victory of Light - The Chasidic Heritage Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChanukah, viewed through the lens of Chabad-Chasidism. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, the Rebbe explains that the war of the Greeks was a spiritual one, aimed at eradicating the notion that Torah and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emitzvot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eare holy, G-d given and Divine. The hellenistic Greeks wished to secularize Judaism, to turn it from a supra-rational \"faith\" into a very rational system of philosophy and moral conduct. And in this sense the Greek Empire is very much alive: there still exist forces- from both without and within -that wish us to forget that Judaism is G-dly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe victory of the Jews over the Greeks represents the vistory of the supra-rational over the rational, the G-dly over the secular. We therfore immortalize Chanukah by lighting fiery lamps against the darkness of night, to celebrate the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictory of Light\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kehot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45721786646724,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/2886\/6244\/files\/A5ADD381-79D4-4291-9A3C-772DE0279497.jpg?v=1769804749","url":"https:\/\/kingston-judaica.myshopify.com\/products\/victory-of-light-the-chasidic-heritage-series","provider":"Kingston Judaica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}