Lighting Chanukah Candles: A Brisker Perspective
Mehadrin min hamehadrin according to the Rama is for each person to light from 1 to 8. According to the Rambam 1 person lights from 1 to 8. The Brisker Rav...
Chanukah from the Perspective of Sefer HaMitzvos
When the Gemara asks מאי חנוכה, it quotes a short excerpt from מגילת תענית including the miracle of the oil. Does the gemara (and the Rambam) deliberately omit the rest of...
Rambam Hilchot Chanukah Part 2: Bayit and Achsenai
Rambam Hilchot Chanukah 1
Zot Chanukah: 3 Gifts From Heaven
The Torah reading for Zot Chanukah has 50 verses; why couldn’t Moshe understand the menorah? The gematria of chanukah and the total number of pesukim we read is 89. Shiur provided...
Chanukah and Hiddur
Unlike other mitzvot, there are 3 levels of how to perform the mitzvah of lighting the chanukah menorah. Why is hiddur so integral to the laws of Chanukah?
The Kabbalistic Roots of “Zot Chanukah”: The Teachings of...
The first 7 days of Chanukah correspond to the 1st 7 kavanot; the 8th day corresponds to the last 6. Why aren’t they more evenly distributed? Why don’t we evenly distribute...
“Mizmor Shir Chanukat Habayit L’David” – The Jewel of...
What does Tehillim 30 (Mizmor Shir Chanukat HaBayit) have to do with Chanukah and why does the heading mention the dedication of the Mikdash and Dovid, it’s not related to the...
“The Great Cover-Up”: Why the Chanukah Story Was Hidden...
In Al HaNisim it says that after Hashem saved the Jews they came to the Mikdash. Where did they come from? Why is there no masechta on Chanukah? Shiur provided courtesy...
Changing the World
Understanding what the Greeks had against Kiddush Hachodesh When the moon complained that the sun and moon were the same size, why did it use the analogy of the crown? Why...
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