Rabbi Howard Morrison

Dear Congregational Family,

Sunday was the last day of Tevet. Before we leave Tevet and concentrate on the new month, let us recall the beginning days of Tevet during which we celebrated the last days of Chanukah. Two of the most operative words associated with Chanukah are Maccabees and Nes (miracle).

A modern day Chanukah miracle took place this past Thursday night. The Yeshiva University basketball team entered their college level division three game riding a fifty game winning streak. The letter for fifty in Hebrew is a "nun," which numerically is fifty, and which stands for the word "Nes-miracle," as depicted on the dreidl.  The team is called the Maccabees. I watched the game live on Jewish Lights Television (JLTV). Perhaps it was meant to be that the winning streak would come to an end after fifty consecutive victories. Nevertheless, I found it remarkable and kind of Bashert that modern day Maccabees celebrated their own kind of "Nes."

Now, may the next fifty game winning streak begin.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Howard Morrison