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As an El-Al plane landed on Chanukkah at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, the voice of the Captain came on:

"To those who are still seated, we wish you a Merry X-mas, and hope that you enjoy your stay ... and to those of you standing in the aisles, we wish you a Happy Chanukah, and welcome back home."

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From O'Mottel's Kitchen:

Happy Chanukka!
In addition to our classic potato latkes, we also feature:
Carrot latkes
Beet Latkes
Apple latkes
Pumpkin Latkes
Zucchini latkes
Sweet latkes
Spicy latkes
Fish Latkes
Imitation crab latkes
Bread crumb latkes
Cholint Latkes

and finally
Possum Latkes with gribenes and shmaltz.
Enjoy!

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From Bardichev:

HOLY FRIENDS

YES IT IS CHANUKKA

OK WE ARE NOT EXACTLY THE MACCABEIM OF OLD

BUT HOW CAN WE WAGE A WAR OF FEW AGAINST MANY

PURE AGAINST UNPURE

CAN WE ??

YES, WE CAN!!!!

DELETE YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

CONVINCE YOUR "REAL" NON-VIRTUAL FRIENDS TO DO THE SAME!

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A woman goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Chanukah cards. She says to the clerk, "May I have 50 Chanukah stamps?"

The clerk says, "What denomination?"

"Oh my God," the woman says, "has it come to this? Give me 6 Orthodox, 12 Conservative, and 32 Reform."

Dear everyone, thank you all for your care and concern - and most of all - your love. Yesterday was Sunday, which is my hardest day, as I am usually alone in the office. Well, by the time I had finished with the Chizuk email and reading through all your replies in my thread, I could not even THINK of looking at anything inappropriate.

This morning, I listened to a Shiur about Chanuka from Rabbi Akiva Tatz. (The shiur can be found here).

Here's a quote from the Shiur:

"Darkness brings a natural fear. Not the fear of being attacked, but the fear of being alone. One who is spiritually developed does not fear being alone. On the contrary, he feels a tremendous thrill in being alone. The Greeks extinguished that. Western culture is afraid to be alone. The Jewish idea of meditation is not to switch off and relax, but to switch on the real mind and connect. We are supposed to do this at least three times a day."

Which made me think: Why do I/we find davening so hard? It is because we are so uncomfortable being alone.

And this is also one of the major triggers for the addiction. We need to try to feel Hashem more, and stop fearing loneliness.

Do you have a problem with obsessive and compulsive porn use? Have you seriously tried the tools on GYE and feel that you are not getting better? Maybe it’s time to consider joining a 12-Step program.

Porn Anonymous (PA)
If you’re compulsively acting-out with pornography and masturbation we suggest you explore joining Porn Anonymous (PA). If you need help deciding whether to join PA, call Michael at 347-699-2368, or email help@pornanonymous.org to schedule a time to talk. For more information visit pornanonymous.org (Hebrew: p-a.org.il / Yiddish: pa-yid.org).

Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)
If your compulsive acting-out has progressed beyond the screen (with other people, paid sexual services, etc.) we suggest you explore joining Sexaholics Anonymous (SA). To figure out if SA is for you, call Dov at 917-414-8205, or email Dov at dov@guardyoureyes.org to schedule a time to talk. For more information visit www.sa.org.