tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480763369736326403.post4810664890563496928..comments2023-06-08T18:12:39.596-04:00Comments on Water Over Rocks: Might, Power & SpiritAndy Bachmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12793260246107995501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-480763369736326403.post-87691823885814913192009-12-18T12:27:30.408-05:002009-12-18T12:27:30.408-05:00My problem with David Brooks' op ed piece on C...My problem with David Brooks' op ed piece on Chanukah is his marginalization of the rabbis vis a vis the holiday. Doesn't he realize that without the Sages there is no holiday! The complexity is all in the text--the absence of individual Hasmoneans, a vague description of the war, a miracle that wasn't technically necessary, and an eight day festival that only needs a daf and a half of Talmud. It is an adult holiday, but not for the reason Brooks enumerates.Ravavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927095462705375633noreply@blogger.com