Chanukah 5782 - Jewish Pride Begins at Home

There is a great Talmid Chacham who is well-known by name, but not as well-known in terms of who he was. His name is Onkelos. Onkelos is well-known because his Amaraic commentary/translation of the Torah is found in almost every chumash in the world. What is less well-known is how Onkelos came to be Onkelos.   Onkelos lived just after the destruction of the second BHMK, around 100 C.E. He was a member of the Roman royal family. His mother was the sister of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. Over time,…