Dignity in Flames

Date

2019-12-23

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Volume Title

Publisher

First Things

YU Faculty Profile

Abstract

Rabbi Dr. Dov. Lerner remarks on the tension between the pure halakhic utility of the Chanukah candles and their public symbolism.

Description

Article

Keywords

Religion, Judaism, Kant, Hanukkah, Human dignity, Jewish law, public symbolism

Citation

Lerner, Dov. (2019, December 23), Dignity in Flames, First Things, https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/12/dignity-in-flames .