This Shabbat

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This upcoming Shabbat is Shabbat Chanukkah and Rosh Chodesh Tevet (the beginning of the Jewish month of Tevet). It is said that if Rosh Chodesh falls on a Shabbat, we are blessed with a double portion of Kedusha (Holiness). This Shabbat, however, we are even blessed with a tripled portion of Kedusha, as it is Shabbat, Chanukkah and Rosh Chodesh.

Let us all look forward to a hopefully very spiritual Shabbat and that especially Chanukkah helps many Jews rediscovering their own Jewish identity. Being aware of our own identity is especially important in these days where the Hamas is constantly shooting Kassam rockets on southern Israeli towns and settlements.