…ma’amadot are followed by kabbalistic prayers for special occasions such as selihot for Mondays and Thursdays, fast days, Rosh Hodesh, Shabbat with special Torah readings, Shabbat Teshuvah, Hanukkah, Purim, brit…
…Rabbi Mayer Lichtenstein meant when he said that his father fulfilled the talmudic principle of ner hanukkah ve-ner beito, ner beito adif (Shabbat 23b).[41] With this background, it should not…
…electric hanukkah menoras. He ends his introduction to Rosh Mashbir with following words עבד אל דוק וחוג אשש יוסף משאש ס”ט This is a very unusual expression. I recalled that…
…on Hanukkah. [7] R. Hutner’s relationship with Reb Zadok’s work is particularly mysterious. Nowhere in Pahad Yitzhak does R. Hutner mention Reb Zadok explicitly by name, though those familiar with…
…the rabbinical establishment was calling for shortening the term and holding elections. [11] MiMaran ad Maran, pp. 86-87 [12] See introduction to Hazon Ovadia – High Holidays, Sukkot, Hanukah, Tu…
…festive meal to celebrate the completion of a talmudic tractate and during Hanukah. At the celebratory meal following a circumcision he was also known to have smoked. Besides the reports…
