{"id":44819,"date":"2017-12-12T11:03:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T11:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=44819"},"modified":"2017-12-14T11:05:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T11:05:14","slug":"chanukah-5-fingers-ben-ish-chai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah-5-fingers-ben-ish-chai\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanukah and the Five Fingers: The Ben Ish Chai Reveals the Secret of Chanukah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 24 days of Kislev correspond to the 24 letters of \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da \u05e9\u05dd \u05db\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d5\u05e2\u05d3. The 25th corresponds to The Pasuk of Shema which contains 25 letters. What is the connection between Chanukah and Shema?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shiur provided courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torahanytime.com\/\"><strong>Torah Anytime<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-44819 wp-image-36223 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/torah\/files\/TorahAnyTimeLogo-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"Torah Anytime Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 24 days of Kislev correspond to the 24 letters of \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da \u05e9\u05dd \u05db\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d5\u05e2\u05d3. The 25th corresponds to The Pasuk of Shema which contains 25 letters. What is the connection between Chanukah and Shema? 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