
Chanukah: The Dispute Between Beit Hillel & Beit Shammai
The basic mitzvah of Chanukah is to celebrate “the miracle that happened then,” by lighting the Chanukia for eight days. Interestingly enough, though, there is a dispute in the Talmud between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel whether to increase the number of candles each day from one to eight, or to start with eight and remove […]