The Chanukah Omission
…that Megillas Taanis is really Maseches Chanukah, since the most important and lengthy chapter is about Chanukah. Therefore the answer to why Rebbi did not include a masechta about Chanukah…
The Customs Associated with Joy on Chanukah and Their More Obscure Sources
…possible source to make a seudah on Chanukah. The truth is the story of Yehudis is the source for another Halacha related to Chanukah and food. The Ramah writes some…
Eliezer Brodt: The Chanukah Omission
…Chanukah. That is, Chanukah was also well known that’s why it was not necessary to be written. [3] [Regarding the Rambam’s comments in general see R. Reuven Margolis in Yesod…
The History behind the Ashkenazi/Sephardi divide concerning lighting Chanukah candles
…one set of Chanukah candles per family, in variance with Rambam’s own opinion. The same minhag is attested in Provence by, among others, both Meiri[13] and Rabbi Meiri HaMeili.[14] Against…
The Haftarot of the Sabbaths of Hanukkah and the Haftarah of the Sabbath of Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet
…from these sources that Rabbi Yehudah ha-Kohen ha-Zaken and Rav David (cited by his son Rav Shmuel), both students of Rabbeinu Gershom—and Rabbi Samuel bar David, ruled to read the…
Chanukah Controversies, Customs and Scholarship: A Roundup & Update
…Ish u-Beyoto. In another review, “Yemi Shemonah,” Shamesh addresses the “famous” Bet Yosef question: why eight nights of Chanukah rather than seven? Sefer Minhagim, 1724, Gross Family Collection Chanukah Samach!…
