Meir Soloveitchik: Mysteries Of The Menorah

By Jonathan Mark January 5, 2010, 1:10 pm 0 Edit

Associate Editor

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Chanukah is a good time to catch up with Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik’s excellent essay on the Menorah — the one snatched by Titus — that ran in Commentary earlier this year.

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