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Is Fiddler on the Roof Really a Hanukkah Story?

Is Fiddler on the Roof Really a Hanukkah Story?26 Jan16 min

How could this be? What can Anatevka teach us about lighting the hanukkiah, the nine-branched menorah lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah?

As the Good Book says...

By Senior Rabbi Nathan Joiner at Ruach Israel, December 20, 2025