(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times)
Go to Eretz Yisroel for Chanukah, and you will see Lucite and or glass boxes containing Menorahs for outside lightings.
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Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman tweeted a picture of himself and his wife with their religious grandchildren on Sunday night in honor of Chanukah and was fiercely attacked by social media users, Kikar Shabbos reported.

U.S. sales of newly built homes increased 1.3% in November from the prior month, a sign that low mortgage rates are pushing up purchases as well as prices.
The Commerce Department said Monday that new single-family houses sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 719,000 last month.
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Addressing the motzei Shabbos Degel Hatorah gathering marking the second yahrzeit of Maran HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman ZT”L, 24 Kislev, Degel Hatorah Chairman MK Moshe Gafne spoke of the significant ‘sakona’ (danger) facing the chareidi tzibur today, adding “the house is burning”.

An American service member was killed in combat Monday in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said, without providing further details, while the Taliban claimed they were behind a roadside bombing in northern Kunduz province that killed the U.S.
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If you are planning a hike or outdoor activities this Chanukah in Israel, then you might want to change your plans or do it today, Monday, as the weather is about to change radically and winter is returning big time, with rainfall predicted for the next days.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he was not ruling out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial — but indicated he was in no hurry to seek new testimony either — as lawmakers remain at an impasse over the form of the trial by the GOP-controlled Senate.

Rav Kanievsky on Sunday night, the first night of Chanukah, visited Jerusalem to attend a special event on the second yahrzeit of Rav Shteinman and for special visits to Yeshivas Kol Torah on HaPisgah Street in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood and Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon in Romeima.

With the battle surrounding Shabbos candle lighting speakers in Charish ongoing, and the municipal council having confiscated the speakers police responded to an inquiry by attorney Michael Litvak of the ‘B’Tzelmo‘ organization that there is no law preventing the sounding of the speakers to mark candle lighting time.

Just in Time For Chanuka, Shiru is all about singing praises to our Creator and being thankful for the miracles of every day life despite our challenges.
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