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Holiday Windows, Cups and Scrolls-Chanukkah Lessons from the Miraculous "Big Three" It’s that time of year again. The time of windows.  People make the trek to Manhattan to look at windows--- Macy’s windows, Bloomingdale’s windows and even pizza shop windows give stores the opportunities to show all passersby that they are in the spirit of the season, whether it be commercially, spiritually, or both.   And for us, as Chanukkah approaches, windows become central as well.  This is because the central mitzvah of Chanukkah, lighting the Chanukiah, must be done so all who pass by can see, (Shababt 21b) Each night we must either place the Chanukiah by the door or by the window fulfilling the principle of pirsumei nissa , publicizing the miracle. (Megilla 3b, 18a, Pesachim 108b and Brachot 14a) The obligation to publicize the miracle appears in the Talmud most prominently 3 other times.  It is found when discussing the reading of the Megillah on Purim,, the drinking of the 4 c